The diary of a first-time voter: What recovery are they talking about?

Last week both the student newspapers were running around campus collecting data on our elections. Our poll included a question on the general election.

I’ve had a look at our results, and there’s a fairly even mix of parties and Independents — I am surprised however by the strong representation of Fine Gael. Trinity News had about 22% students saying they would vote for the party. I saw the Irish Examiner’s video of UCC students talking about their political choices. Again, a lot of Fine Gael.

Why am I surprised? I suppose I just assumed everyone was as cynical about “keeping the recovery going” as me.