Not a fan of the Indo but I did their "election test" out of curiosity and more or less got the expected results.
I'm surprised Labour beat the Social Dems and PBP to top spot, but the top 4 certainly consisted of the parties I assumed would be there.
Bemused that Aontú beat the centre right parties, but I guess, looking at the numbers, they're pretty much at the same level really. I certainly won't be giving them a preference, mind.
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Davey
in reply to Jim Bliss • • •I got something similar. socialists at the top, then SDs, but GP before Labour, which isn't how I'd vote.
Although I gave a Yes or No to every question, didn't skip any, would have liked an "it depends" option, but that could have ended up being half the answers.
Jim Bliss
in reply to Davey • • •@davey_cakes Agree with you about the "it depends" thing. A number of my answers could be very different depending on various factors, which in turn would likely change the ordering.
But the 4 at the top were the ones I'd already decided to give my top preferences to (albeit in a slightly different order) so I guess the test is at least better than pure random.
Éibhear 🔭
in reply to Jim Bliss • •Gotta say, I'm shocked at the bottom half of mine (and I would have expected the SDs and the GP to have been a little higher for me).
However, I found many of the questions lacking in subtlety, and if I dug deep, I might find some differences where this test sees similarities, and vice versa.
Jim Bliss
in reply to Éibhear 🔭 • • •You're absolutely right about a lot of the questions lacking subtlety (or at least an "it depends" third option). But I guess that's always going to be the case with this kind of online test.
But it seems to get the parties in *roughly* the right order... if it had put Aontú near the top or PBP near the bottom I'd have had serious questions (either about the test, or the state of my own politics ;)
Éibhear 🔭
in reply to Jim Bliss • •I also think there are some raison-d'etre questions that were left out: no questions, in my view, about Ireland's involvement or commitment to global climate action. The GP *might* have been a bit higher following my answers to those questions.
Nothing, either, on things like human rights, especially the protection of women and minorities (a.k.a. "the culture wars"), in which case Aontú would have been much lower on my graph.
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Koochulainn
in reply to Éibhear 🔭 • • •For eg, I think we should prepare for a border poll, but I don't see it as a top priority. @JimBliss
Jim Bliss
in reply to Koochulainn • • •@Koochulainn @eibhear Totally. I ended up answering "No" to that question. Not because I oppose a border poll (in fact I'm in favour of one) but because the wording of the question specified it should be "a top priority".
And right now, I think there are at least a handful of issues I'd rank as higher priorities.
Koochulainn
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Koochulainn
in reply to Koochulainn • • •Éibhear 🔭
in reply to Koochulainn • •:headslap:
Of course!
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Koochulainn
in reply to Jim Bliss • • •The only party that is significantly different from my expected ballot order is PBP/Solidarity.
But that's mostly because their local organisation has been populated by head-the-balls, historically.
Their new candidate is a lot more together though, so that may change this year.
fuzzix
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