Election 2020: ‘There are more conversations about the election. People want change’
, then 52, from Harelawn told The Irish Times: “Look, no matter what you or I say they have their own ideas about how to do things. And the kind of people who would represent me wouldn’t get in. So, I ask you again, what’s the point [in voting]?”
What is unclear is whether that dormant vote is among people who have not voted before, or whether the vote is among people looking for an alternative, or whether it is a mix of both. “There has been a lot of interest. There are definitely more conversations about the election. People coming in asking how to vote. People are fed up and want change.”
A woman in her 60s laughs: “I voted Fianna Fáil before but I think it’s time to give the others a chance. They couldn’t do any worse.”constituency, the mood is similar. This constituency had the lowest turnout – 52 per cent – in 2016. In one district – Rotunda B, just north of Parnell Square, it was just 35.87 per cent., says “a lot of people feel disconnected from Government. I’m only 19 and I feel a disconnection.
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