Watching Irish general election 2024 results
As an independent candidate I'm not expecting to get too many votes. Ireland is a country where traditions are very strong and people gravitate to the parties and candidates they grew up with. On top of that, my campaign was subject to distortion and obfuscation in Google search results. I will be happy if I get more than 5 votes but even that is not certain. In the last election, some independent candidates only got 23 votes each.
There is still time for people to go and vote now before the polling stations close.
The candidates with fewer votes are eliminated in earlier rounds of counting. Counting begins at 9am on Saturday, 30 November and the first eliminations will become clear some time around lunchtime.
The most interesting results to look for
One of the hot topics in the news was the candidacy of Gerry 'the Monk' Hutch. Being famous can sometimes be a good thing in elections. The jockey Nina Carberry won a seat in the European Parliament on her first attempt due to her high profile sporting career.
Voters may have sympathy for the Monk after I registered all his most likely domain names, along with those of other candidates. On the other hand, if the Monk misses out on a seat in the Dáil by only a small number of votes, for example, if he is 10 votes below the candidate who takes the final seat, people may attribute the loss to the fact that he could not get those domain names for himself.
Fortunately I know some good hideouts in Australia.
In the movie Mad Max, organized crime gangs ride around on motorcycles and the police unit responsible for catching them is the Main Force Patrol (MFP). The MFP car park in the movie is actually the University of Melbourne's South Lawn Car Park. The adjacent buildings are Electrical Engineering and Law.
Mad Max at University of Melbourne
Win or lose, I'm glad that my campaign prompted some discussions about the role of the Internet and social control media in society.
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