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Tag Archives: Independents
Poll Toppers at the 2014 Local (City and County Council) Elections
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
General Election 2016 candidates who previously contested elections for other parties/political groupings
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
Ne’er cast a clout till May be out: Constituency-level analysis of the Sunday Business Post-Red C opinion poll (31st May 2015)
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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Civil War politics lives on?: Constituency-level analysis of the Irish Times-Ipsos MRBI opinion poll (18th May 2015)
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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What’s Another Poll?: Constituency-level analysis of the Sunday Times-Behaviour & Attitudes opinion poll (17th May 2015)
Adrian Kavanagh, 16th May 2015 We’ve been waiting – not a long time – since the last opinion poll and a new Sunday Times-Behaviour & Attitudes poll emerges, as we head into Eurovision week and the final week of the Carlow-Kilkenny and … Continue reading
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Two steps forward, One step back?: Constituency-level analysis of the Sunday Business Post-Red C opinion poll (26th April 2015)
Adrian Kavanagh, 25th April 2015 Tomorrow sees the latest in monthly series of Sunday Business Post-Red C opinion polls. This seems, to a certain degree to reverse the trends evident in the last such Sunday Business Post-Red C poll. Both of the two government … Continue reading
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Easter Rising or Rotten Eggs?: Constituency-level analysis of the Sunday Independent-Millward Brown opinion poll (5th April 2015)
Adrian Kavanagh, 4th April 2015 Easter Sunday brings the latest in the series of Sunday Independent-Millward Brown polls. There is something for everyone in this Easter egg basket. Although the level of increase is perhaps not as dramatic as in other recent polls, … Continue reading
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Government parties continue to regain ground: Constituency-level analysis of the Sunday Business Post-Red C opinion poll (29th March 2015)
Adrian Kavanagh, 28th March 2015 Following Thursday’s Irish Times-Ipsos MRBI poll comes the latest in the series of Sunday Business Post-Red C opinion polls. In this poll, Fine Gael and Labour yet again are seen to make further gains, with the combined support levels … Continue reading
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Sinn Fein and the Government Parties make gains: Constituency-level analysis of the Irish Times-Ipsos MRBI opinion poll (26th March 2015)
Adrian Kavanagh, 26th March 2015 Nearly two weeks after the last series of Red C, Millward Brown and Behaviour & Attitudes opinion polls, the first Irish Times-Ipsos MRBI poll of 2015 continues the trend of improving fortunes for the government parties, although the combined level of … Continue reading
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And more good news for the Government Parties: Constituency-level analysis of the Sunday Times-Behaviour & Attitudes opinion poll (15th March 2015)
Adrian Kavanagh, 14th March 2015 Just like misery, opinion polls seem to like company. Hot on the heels of the latest Paddy Power-Red C opinion poll comes the latest in the series of Sunday Times-Behaviour & Attitudes opinion polls which offers further good news for … Continue reading
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