Browsing by Subject "Electoral behaviour - Ireland"
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Chance in preferential voting systems - an unacceptable element in Irish electoral law
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1984)The single transferable vote system of proportional representation as operated in elections to Dail Eireann is one of the most sophisticated electoral systems, maximising the capacity of the voter to determine the outcome ... -
Party solidarity, exclusivity and inter-party relationships in Ireland, 1922-1977 - evidence of transfers
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1978)This paper presents an analysis of the transfer of lower preference votes at Irish general elections between 1922 and 1977, illustrating some features of the main Irish parties and of the changing relationships between ... -
Single transferable vote and the Irish general election of 1977
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1978)In an STV contest, too many names on a ballot paper can confuse voters and compound vote leakage (Mair and Laver, 1975), and we can assume that this did happen in the case of the Coalition. Whereas Fianna Fail nominated ... -
The influence of turnout on the results of the referendum to amend the constitution to include a clause on the rights of the unborn - a review of Walsh findings
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1984)In a recent article Walsh analysed the effect of the low level of turnout on the results of the September 1983 Referendum and stated that `the most important general conclusion from the study is that the level of support ... -
The influence of turnout on the results of the referendum to amend the constitution to include a clause on the rights of the unborn - reply
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1984)O'Donnell and Brannick (ODB ) believe that it is invalid to attempt to assign a preference to those who did not vote in the Referendum. They claim that those who abstain in a Referendum are expressing a strongly felt ...