A decline of ‘friends and neighbours voting’ in Ireland? Local candidate effects in the 2011 Irish ‘earthquake election'

Auteur(s) et Affiliation(s)

GÓRECKI, M.A.

Institute of Sociology, Univ., Warsaw, Pologne

MARSH, M.

Dept. of Political Science, Trinity College, Dublin, Irlande

Description :
This paper examines local candidate effects in the most recent Irish general election, held in 2011. It showsthat during this unusually volatile election, fought in the shadow of an EU/IMF ‘bailout’, ‘friends and neighbours voting’ persisted but was attenuated in comparison to what has been observed in the past. This was most pronounced in the case of the historically dominant party – Fianna Fáil – and (in a weaker form) for its all-time rival – Fine Gael. We describe the changing electoral strength of these two and other Irish parties in terms of fluctuating local candidate effects.

Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Political geography, issn : 0962-6298, 2014, vol. 41, p. 11-20, nombre de pages : 10

Date :
2014

Editeur :
Pays édition : Royaume-Uni, Oxford, Butterworth-Heinemann

Langue :
Anglais