Voting behaviour is always a great item of discussion on polling days, and rather than speculate, the Irish DisPatch conducted an exit poll outside the DisPatch’s local voting station. Even though the reporter had slept in, missed breakfast, was in a hurry to get a bit of lunch and so queried only 10 voters, the results were quite telling.
Here is how voters made their decision on the day:
- Voted for their cousin: 10%
- Voted for anyone except “those idiots” in government: 40%
- Thought ballot paper was colouring pad and so drew a little doggie in the box: 10%
- Voted for that handsome, polite boy who came around in the hope he’d call around again for tea and freshly baked biscuits: 20%
- Told reporter to feck off: 20%
