Author Archives: Adrian Kavanagh

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About Adrian Kavanagh

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

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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Ne’er cast a clout till May be out: Constituency-level analysis of the Sunday Business Post-Red C opinion poll (31st May 2015)

Posted on May 30, 2015 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 30th May 2015  Tomorrow sees the latest in monthly series of Sunday Business Post-Red C opinion polls. Both of the two government parties – having lost some ground in last month’s poll – gain some significant ground in this poll, while … Continue reading →

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Tally Ho! Which local newspapers published tallies for the May 2015 elections

Posted on May 27, 2015 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 29th May 2015 As an electoral geographer, I am very interested in which local newspapers are publishing tallies for the Marriage Equality referendum and the Carlow-Kilkenny by-election contest in this week’s editions, or possibly in the following few … Continue reading →

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A Geographical Perspective on the Carlow-Kilkenny By-Election, 22nd May 2015

Posted on May 26, 2015 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 26th May 2015  The Carlow-Kilkenny Dail by-election was held on the same days as the Marriage Equality and Presidential Candidate Age referendum contests. Based on the list provided on the ElectionsIreland.org website, this was the 133rd Dail by-election … Continue reading →

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Geographical perspectives on the May 2015 referendum contests

Posted on May 25, 2015 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 25th May 2015  With a national turnout rate of 60.5% – just 9.4% lower than the turnout level for the 2011 General Election – the Marriage Equality referendum was passed with 62.1% of the valid votes, but the … Continue reading →

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Civil War politics lives on?: Constituency-level analysis of the Irish Times-Ipsos MRBI opinion poll (18th May 2015)

Posted on May 18, 2015 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 18th May 2015  Only a day after the latest Behaviour & Attitudes opinion poll comes the second in the series of Irish Times-Ipsos MRBI opinion polls for 2015. The first such poll, back in March, continued the trend of improving fortunes … Continue reading →

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