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The Transfers Game in Election 2020: How critical were lower preferences in determining the result?

Election 2020 has resulted in seismic shifts in the Irish political landscape. The outgoing minority government has seen significant losses, and Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have achieved their lowest combined share of votes and seats ever. Sinn Fein has surged and is now the most popular party in the state, while the Greens have…

February 11, 2020 in Election.

Vote 2017: Northern Ireland election – Do transfers matter?

Yesterday, Northern Ireland’s voters went to the polls to elect a new assembly. Counting is now underway in early elections that were sparked by a row between Sinn Féin and the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) over the Renewable Heat Incentive scheme.  The scandal, however, revealed much wider differences between the partners in the North’s compulsory…

March 3, 2017 in Election, Northern Ireland.

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