Monthly Archives: June 2015

Good weekend for Fine Gael and Fianna Fail: Constituency-level analysis of the Sunday Business Post-Red C and Sunday Independent-Millward Brown opinion polls (28th June 2015)

Posted on June 29, 2015 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 29th June 2015  Yesterday (Sunday) saw the publication of two new opinion polls; including the latest in monthly series of Sunday Business Post-Red C opinion polls, while a new Sunday Independent-Millward Brown opinion poll was also published. Following a good opinion … Continue reading →

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Poll Toppers at the 2014 Local (City and County Council) Elections

Posted on June 26, 2015 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 26th June 2015 In the lead up to, and in the immediate aftermath of, the 2011 General Election, I produced a post reviewing the poll toppers in each of the different constituencies at the 2007 General Election and their … Continue reading →

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The Younger Ones: General Election 2016 candidates aged between 21 and 35

Posted on June 26, 2015 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 26th June 2015 In a similar vein to an earlier post relating to 2011 General Election candidates and a similar post relating to younger candidates contesting the 2014 City and County Council elections, this page seeks to list the names, and … Continue reading →

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General Election 2016 candidates who previously contested elections for other parties/political groupings

Posted on June 25, 2015 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 25th June 2015 In this post, I have attempted to list all the candidates for the upcoming general election who have previously contested elections for political parties/political groupings that are different to the one they are currently in. In the … Continue reading →

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Voter Turnout in Dublin City for the Marriage Equality/Presidential Candidate Age referendum contests

Posted on June 22, 2015 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 22nd June 2015 As noted in last month’s post, the national voter turnout rate of 60.5% – which was just 9.4% lower than the turnout level for the 2011 General Election – for the Marriage Equality (and Presidential Candidate Age) … Continue reading →

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Midsummer Night’s Dream for Fianna Fail: Constituency-level analysis of the Sunday Times-Behaviour & Attitudes opinion poll (21st June 2015)

Posted on June 22, 2015 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 22nd June 2015  Sunday saw the latest in monthly series of Sunday Times-Behaviour & Attitudes opinion polls. The notable trend here sees Fianna Fail gain some significant ground in this poll, while there is a notable drop in support for Fine Gael. … Continue reading →

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Former TDs contesting the 2015/16 General Election

Posted on June 2, 2015 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 6th June 2015 (with subsequent updates) A good number of former TDs will often decide to contest the following general election contest after the one that they lost their seat in. Some of these will have already contested the 2014 City/County Council elections, … Continue reading →

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