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Saturday’s Election – Why Your Vote Matters

Posted on February 6, 2020 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 6th February 2020 On Saturday 8th February, over two million voters across the state will go to the polls to cast their votes at General Election 2020. The results of this election will be determined by many factors … Continue reading →

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The 2019 Local Elections: A Geographer’s Overview

Posted on May 28, 2019 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 28th March 2019 The 2019 City and County Council elections took place on 28th May 2019. Perhaps the most notable trend at this election was to do with voter turnout. The average turnout level for the 2019 Local … Continue reading →

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Friday’s Elections: Why Voting Matters

Posted on May 23, 2019 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 23rd May 2019 This year, local, European and referendum elections are taking place on Friday 24th May (TOMORROW!!!), while voters in Cork City, Waterford and Limerick also get to vote on a plebiscite on whether they will have a … Continue reading →

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A Geography of Voter Turnout at the 2016 General Election: A Focus on Dublin City

Posted on April 15, 2016 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 15th April 2016 Voter turnout can be defined as the percentage of people who turn out to vote in a given election. In the USA, voter turnout levels are calculated the percentage of the valid adult population (aged … 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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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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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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How would Scottish Independence impact on electoral competition in the rest of the United Kingdom?

Posted on August 28, 2014 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 28th August 2014  A referendum on Scottish Independence is taking place on 18th September 2014. While the pre-contest opinion polls are suggesting that this will not be carried, it is worth remembering the range of Irish cases (2001 … Continue reading →

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Turnout or Turned Off? A Geographical Review of Voter Turnout patterns at the 2014 Local Elections

Posted on June 3, 2014 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 3rd June 2014  The elections of May 23rd 2014 saw the second lowest turnout levels for local election contests in the history of the state – with only the turnout levels at the 1999 contests being lower. This marked … Continue reading →

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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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