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Originally Posted by councillor  having canvassed for a number of years, for both local and general elections, i can genuinely say that i've never come across anything like the contempt that's there at the moment for fianna fail. im talking about rural ireland here-- ff heartland!
old people swearing in anger when talking about the government.
practically every person telling you that they cant wait until ff call to the door.
"anyone but the crowd we have now", is the catch-cry
teachers telling you that it was always ff, but NEVER again. (they mean it too)
people talking about the shocking waste of money on things like e-voting machines
100% of the people you meet are totally clued in to when the election is on etc
to be totally honest, i really dont know how FF candidates are going to go canvassing!
p.s. and this was BEFORE today's budget! BE AFRAID, BE VERY AFRAID! |
Well I've been canvassing for the past few weeks, and I'll admit that people aren't really yet in election mode. They were surprised to see me, and told me I was the first to call. I have to admit though, that yes, there does seem to be a very anti-
FF feeling out there, and especially amongst people who told me that they voted
FF all their lives, but not this time.
FF canvassers are practically non existent, with stories coming from the
FF camp that some of their councillors are intending on canvassing by personal letter to former known party supporters, and as good as giving up on a general canvass altogether.
However, this was the feeling against
FF up to a few weeks before the last election as well, when Cowen steadied the ship and won the election in a few weeks. It'll be very very hard to see what rabbit he intends pulling from his cap this time though. I think
FF are looking at losing seats all over the country.