Tally Maps for the Donegal Constituency are now for sale on www.tallyrifficmaps.com
Each package contains a map – an example of which is shown below (Tim Jackson’s share of the Vote)
WHAT A DIFFERENCE A QUARTER OF A CENTURY MAKES…
Here at Tallyriffic Towers, we are lucky enough to have access to tallies going back as far as the 1980s in some cases. This allows to do some interesting comparisons – such as the swing between Pat The Cope Gallagher’s vote in 1992 in the old Donegal South-West and the Venerable Gentleman’s vote in Donegal this year.
Drop us a line if you have any old tallies you can send us…. Continue reading WHAT A DIFFERENCE A QUARTER OF A CENTURY MAKES…
MACLOCHLAINN OUT OF LUCK – OR VOTES? (pt 2)
Overall the two Dohertys took around 4100 of the 9600 Sinn Fein votes in the old Donegal North-East (the Google Earth screenshot below shows Padraig Maclochlainn’s share of the Sinn Fein vote in the old Donegal North East) – by contrast MacLochlainn only took 200 of the 10200 party votes in the old Donegal South-West. A case could be made that Pearse Doherty’s significant national media presence might explain his getting votes in t…he old Donegal North-East, but surely – given his similarly prominent media presence – you would then expect MacLochlainn to be picking up a noticeable tally of votes across the old Donegal South-West. Continue reading MACLOCHLAINN OUT OF LUCK – OR VOTES? (pt 2)
MACLOCHLAINN OUT OF LUCK – OR VOTES? (pt 1)
Looking at the Donegal maps, they only serve to emphasise that Thomas Pringle owes his seat in great part to a strategic blunder by Sinn Fein – namely not realising the weakness of Padraig MacLochlainn.
The total Sinn Fein vote was actually up slightly from 2011 in the old Donegal Nth-East – from 25% to 26%. The problem was that a lot of it – 43% of it – didn’t go to MacLochlainn.
Continue reading MACLOCHLAINN OUT OF LUCK – OR VOTES? (pt 1)
The Marriage Referendum vote in Waterford City
Here’s Waterford City close-up….
By contrast with Dublin, the Yes vote in Waterford City centre was quite low, with a No vote of 51% being recorded in Newport’s Square. Continue reading The Marriage Referendum vote in Waterford City
The Dublin Marriage Vote Up Close….
Here’s Dublin close-up…
The votes appear to be highest in the City Centre and then gradually drops off until rising again at the edge of the city. Continue reading The Dublin Marriage Vote Up Close….
A YEAR OF HAPPY MARRIAGE….
Just over a year since the Marriage Referendum… here is a map of the tallies I put in so far….
Green is average (58-66%)
The Blues are below average, with the light blue a NO vote (less than 50% yes)
The Reds are above average…. Continue reading A YEAR OF HAPPY MARRIAGE….
MORE SCENES FROM THE CLASS STRUGGLE IN DUBLIN SOUTH-WEST
The Graph below takes the same data (how the votes fell in areas with different percentages of Middle-class Households ), but organises the votes into Blocs…
LEFT – Sinn Fein and AAA-PBP…
CENTRE – Fianna Fail, Labour and the Greens
RIGHT – Fine Gael and Renua. Continue reading MORE SCENES FROM THE CLASS STRUGGLE IN DUBLIN SOUTH-WEST
SCENES FROM THE CLASS STRUGGLE IN DUBLIN STH-WEST
Dublin South-West is a constituency of contrasts – nearly one-half of voters live in predominantly working-class areas, while one-third of voters live in predominantly middle-class areas. And there are sharp contrasts in how the votes fell in the different areas. Continue reading SCENES FROM THE CLASS STRUGGLE IN DUBLIN STH-WEST
RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE AAA-PBPS
After the 2011 Election, Sinn Fein seemed set to dominate the Tallaght vote and quite possibly take 2 out of the 5 seats in the new Dublin Sth-West.
However their failure to win the by-election in 2014 telegraphed that their dominance was far from assured – although even that result failed to presage that their vote in 2016 would in fact slip back from their 2011 vote (they took 17% in the old South-West constituency area in February versus 20% in 2011). Continue reading RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE AAA-PBPS