Absolutely chuffed to have Mr. Michael D.Higgins represent our country.
At the beginning of the whole re-election process I was hoping for another female president, not because I'm a mad crazy feminist or anything, but simply because there are only 19 female world leaders now and I always thought it made Ireland stand out having a female president and sure, good aul Mary represented us very well, she'll be sorely missed! But being realistic, our female candidates this year were just not up to scratch.
Mary Davis - the special K president with the most photo-shopped posters I have ever seen made her almost unrecognizable on television because the posters looked absolutely nothing like the woman herself. She finished with a respectable (lol) 2.7%.
And of course, our other option, the country's beloved Dana, who, let's be honest, was never really in the running. She's a little button with a lot of pride in this country, but the scandals surrounding her broke her down and I just don't think she could handle the pressure of a Presidency. Although, apparently our voting community thought she'd be better at representing our country than Davis, as she finished with 2.9%.
However, let the reign of Michael D. begin! The cutest candidate and definitely the best for the job, he stood out amongst his competitors for me and evidently a lot of other people, having got 701,101 first preference votes & 56.8% of the final percentage! He looks like a wee gremlin or a wee leprechaun - something that I'm sure some of our, let's say, naive neighbours overseas - americans will appreciate.So in that respect, pop him into a little green suit, give him a pot of gold and sit him at the bottom of a rainbow and he really is the best representation for our country!
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