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About Adrian Kavanagh

Lecturer at the Maynooth University Department of Geography. Email: adrian.p.kavanagh@mu.ie

Voter Turnout at the 2011 General Election: A Geographical Overview

Posted on February 26, 2016 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 26th February 2016 This post offers an in-depth geographical study of voter turnout levels at the last general election in 2011. The geographical variations in General Election 2011 turnout levels illustrated in this study are likely to be … Continue reading →

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General Election 2016 – Why your vote matters

Posted on February 26, 2016 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 26th February 2016 A general election to elect the new members of the 32nd Dail is taking place on Friday 26th February 2016 (TODAY!!!). The results of this election will be determined by many factors – some of which will be local, … Continue reading →

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Still all to play for?: Constituency-level analysis of the Paddy Power-Red C opinion poll (23rd February 2016)

Posted on February 24, 2016 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 24th February 2016 As we get closer to polling day, yesterday saw the latest – and last – in the series of pre-election Red C opinion polls, with this one being a Paddy Power-Red C poll. There are some interesting contrasts … Continue reading →

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FG-FF or Voting Again?: Constituency-level analysis of the Irish Times-Ipsos MRBI opinion poll (22nd February 2016)

Posted on February 24, 2016 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 22nd February 2016 After three opinion polls in yesterday’s newspapers, we today see the last Irish Times-Ipsos MRBI opinion poll of the current general election campaign. The trends in this poll are quite similar to that of the Sunday Independent-Millward Brown … Continue reading →

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FG-FF or Voting Again?: Constituency-level analysis of the Irish Times-Ipsos MRBI opinion poll (22nd February 2016)

Posted on February 22, 2016 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 22nd February 2016 After three opinion polls in yesterday’s newspapers, we today see the last Irish Times-Ipsos MRBI opinion poll of the current general election campaign. The trends in this poll are quite similar to that of the Sunday Independent-Millward Brown … Continue reading →

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Independents’ Day beckoning?: Constituency-level analysis of the Sunday Independent-Millward Brown opinion poll (21st February 2016)

Posted on February 20, 2016 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 20th February 2016 A night of opinion polls brings no real consensus as to the shape of the government that will/might emerge after Friday’s general election. The third of this weekend’s polls – the Sunday Independent-Millward Brown poll … Continue reading →

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A Blue Phoenix?: Constituency-level analysis of the Sunday Business Post-Red C opinion poll (21st February 2016)

Posted on February 20, 2016 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 20th February 2016 Hot on the heels of a Sunday Times-Behaviour & Attitudes opinion poll, which brought some good news for Fine Gael, Fianna Fail and the Independents and Others but some bad news for Sinn Fein and awful news for … Continue reading →

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Love’s Labour’s Lost?: Constituency-level analysis of the Sunday Times-Behaviour & Attitiudes opinion poll (21st February 2016)

Posted on February 20, 2016 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 20th February 2016 The last Sunday Times-Behaviour & Attitudes opinion poll of the February 2016 general election campaign again brings some very mixed messages for the two government parties. There is good news for Fine Gael, in which the downwards … Continue reading →

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Constituency Electorate Sizes and Quota Estimates for the 2016 General Election

Posted on February 19, 2016 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 19th February 2016 The Department of Environment has now made available electorate figures for all of the 40 Dail constituencies being contested in next Friday’s (26th February) general election contest. As these stand, numbers on the supplementary register … Continue reading →

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“You’re not from around here, are yeah?”: Just how local are the 2016 General Election candidates?

Posted on February 18, 2016 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 18th February 2016 All politics is local, it is claimed. This especially proves to be the case when it comes to Irish elections. For a variety of reason, voters tend to vote for candidates from their local area … Continue reading →

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