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Daily Archives: March 21, 2016

The puzzle of the February 2016 election result

By Michael Gallagher In 2011, all the economic indicators had plummeted since the previous election in 2007, and it was no surprise that the government parties lost support heavily: their vote share declined by 29.7 percentage points and their seat total fell by 66 in a 166-member parliament. In 2016, by contrast, all the economic…

March 21, 2016 in Election, opinion polls, Politics.

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