Category Archives: Voter turnout

Today’s elections: Why voter turnout matters

Posted on May 21, 2014 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 21st May 2014 – updated 23rd May 2014 This year, local and European elections are taking place on Friday 23rd May (TODAY!!!), while voters in Dublin West and Longford-Westmeath also get to vote in a Dáil by-election. The … Continue reading →

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Geographical perspectives on the Longford-Westmeath constituency

Posted on May 19, 2014 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 19th May 2014 When it comes to elections, Geography matters! But geography especially tends to have a bearing in the case of two-county general election constituencies such as the old Laois-Offaly constituency and the Longford-Westmeath constituency. With this … Continue reading →

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Geography and Elections – 2013 Seanad Referendum voter turnout levels in Dublin City

Posted on November 19, 2013 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 19th November 2013 This post looks at voter turnout levels in the recent Seanad and Court of Appeals referendum contests, making specific reference to turnout differences at the Dail constituency level but also to turnout differences (based on … Continue reading →

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Voting patterns and turnout levels in Referendum elections in the Republic of Ireland, 1937-2013

Posted on September 12, 2013 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 12th September 2013 After 4th October, there will have been thirty seven different referendum contests held in the history of the state, but some of these contests have taken place on the same date, while the same issue … Continue reading →

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My Priorities for Electoral and Political Reform in Ireland

Posted on August 20, 2013 by Adrian Kavanagh

As the adriankavanaghelections.org website nears its 100,000th hit, I have decided to mark the occasion with a post detailing what would be the issues that I would most like to see being prioritised in relation to the areas of electoral … Continue reading →

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Voter turnout levels in Dail by-elections 1994-2011

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 22nd March 2013 Voter turnout levels in general elections in the Republic of Ireland, as in most other democracies tend to be higher than those in other types of elections, such as referendum elections, presidential elections and local … Continue reading →

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Geography of Voter Turnout for the 2012 Childrens Referendum in Dublin City

Posted on December 13, 2012 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 13th December 2012 This post can be viewed as a follow on from the previous two posts, which studied the geography of voter turnout for the 2012 Fiscal Stability Treaty referendum at a sub-constituency level for the Dublin City constituencies, as … Continue reading →

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The geography of voter turnout in Dublin City for the 2012 Fiscal Stability Treaty Referendum

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 15th November 2012 As someone who has been interested in the area of voter turnout since commencing PhD researches on this topic back in…gulp…1999 and as a geographer, I am always interested in attaining turnout data for very … Continue reading →

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A geographical view of the 2012 Children’s Referendum vote

Posted on November 12, 2012 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 12th November 2012 The Children’s Referendum vote, which took place on Satuday (10th November 2012),  was passed on a lower than expected (but rather comfortable) margin of 615,731 votes (58.00%) to 445,863 (42.00%). This referendum vote had the third lowest ever … Continue reading →

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Voter turnout levels in referendum elections in the Republic of Ireland, 1937-2012

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 9th November 2012 (updates – 12th November 2012) Referendum elections have taken place on twenty seven different occasions in the history of the Irish state, with a significant increase in the incidence of these in more recent decades … Continue reading →

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