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@jacqui76@mastodon.ieAs usual after another #NI election which saw #Unionism not get their vote out. (Why isn't Jeff appealing to the Unionist voter?) Plus the #DUP taking more votes from a smaller shrinking pool.
Unionism decides that their attempts to fix their problems is to talk to themselves! Not getting out there & talking to the people who stayed at home! #NIpolitics
https://bird.makeup/users/beltel/statuses/1660528363801288704
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Maybe the vote didn’t stay at home. Maybe it no longer exists 
I would say the #UUP vote is disappearing to the #Alliance party.
I really doubt that #Unionism vote had disappeared - large parts of Unionism's vote stayed at home. One electoral ward was as low as 33%!
They are still there but their politicians aren't motivating them to come out! #NIpolitics
@jacqui76 I'm so curious about the non-voters! There was a thing going round the other day where someone (on Slugger or the BelTel maybe) had named four different types or attitudes of non-voter, with varying degrees of apathy/disinterest/hopelessness re: politics and particularly politicians. It would be so interesting to figure out (maybe from other countries' experiences) what sort of thing could get them engaging more. Unionist leaders should be researching that if they want to last.
Unionism needs to be honest with their electorate - about the challenges they face. The shrinking vote base & it isn't 1921, 1974 or 1985 anymore. The delusions that Jim & 
are selling are harming them.
I do think that #Unionism
would vote if you gave them something to vote for. The apathy is because they are selling a message that was out of date 20 years ago never mind today. Fear isn't working anymore.
I can't see it happening anytime soon