Monthly Archives: October 2014

Independents Day again: Constituency-level analysis of the Sunday Business Post-Red C opinion poll (26th October 2014)

Posted on October 25, 2014 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 25th October 2014  The latest Sunday Business Post-Red C poll (26th October 2014) suggests that the recent Budget has not amounted to any serious political gains for the government parties, a trend mirrored in the very similar support trends published … Continue reading →

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Candidates for the 2016 General Election (by constituency)

Posted on October 22, 2014 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh – First posted on 22nd October 2014 – this post will be updated as and when new candidates are selected/declared  As confirmed on the morning of February 3rd 2016, the next general election will take place on Friday 26th … Continue reading →

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Mixed fortunes for the Opposition parties! Constituency-level analysis of the Irish Times-Ispos MRBI opinion poll (9th October 2014)

Posted on October 9, 2014 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 9th October 2014  The results of the latest in the series of The Irish Times-Ispos MRBI polls was published today and this has been largely in line with those of the preceding Red C and Millward Brown polls, but this obviously does convey … Continue reading →

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By-election winners and losers, 1980-2014

Posted on October 6, 2014 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 6th October 2014 Reviewing the past three decades of by-election results shows that government parties have tended to fare poorly in by-election contests (although three of the last four by-elections have been won by government parties), but does certain parties … Continue reading →

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