The EBU has just released jury vote and televote details for the recent Eurovision Song Contest final and two semi finals, which throw up some interesting findings. These details can be now viewed on the official Eurovision webpage. In this post, I will analyse these figures. Read the rest of this entry »
EBU releases Eurovision jury and televote details (2010)
June 28, 2010Labour Party support: A Geographical Perspective
June 16, 2010
Labour support by constituency, 2007 General Election
Labour support in Dublin constituencies, 2007 General Election
Recent polls from RedC and Irish Times/Isbos-MRBI have focused significant attention on the Labour Party and point to significant gains being made by that party, as tantamount to a “Gilmore Gale”. But the extent to which these significant shifts in support levels towards the party can be translated into seat gains sufficient to allow Labour challenge the traditional dominance of Fine Gael and Fianna Fail may be shaped by the party’s geography of support, which will be studied in this post. Read the rest of this entry »
World Cup begins
June 11, 2010The World Cup is now well under way and it’s South Africa 1 Mexico 1 in the opening game.
My predictions Read the rest of this entry »
Irish Times/Isbos-MRBI Opinion Poll June 11 2010: A Geographical Perspective
December 4, 2009The Irish Times/Ispos MRBI poll, published in The Irish Times on Friday June 11th, rates Labour as the most popular political party in the state at present and also suggests that Sinn Féin will win that party’s highest share of the national vote since the 1920s. The poll figures offer a more sobering picture for Fine Gael, whose support levels now stand at just 1% higher than what the party won in 2007, while the threat of Electoral Armageddon hangs over the heads of the government parties, with Fianna Fáil likely to lose half of the its seats and the Green Party expected to lose all of the party’s six seats should these poll figures be replicated in a subsequent general election. Read the rest of this entry »
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