Chronicle of a death foretold? understanding the decline of fine gael

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ID6074853
AutoresEoin O''Malley (0000-0002-9548-5666), Eoin O'Malley, Matthew Kerby (0000-0001-7955-1021)
Ano2004
Volume19
Fascículo1
Páginas39-58
Data de publicação2004-03-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoIrish Political Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0790-7184 • E-ISSN: 1743-9078
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1356347042000269729
OpenAlexW1979910440
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas13
Referências citadas9

Since its highpoint in the early 1980s, when under Garret FitzGerald, Fine Gael received almost 40 per cent of the first preference vote and took the party to within five seats of Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael's electoral support has declined significantly and steadily to a stage where in 2002 they received little over 20 per cent of the vote. We examine some hypothesised causes of this decline, including the effect of the arrival of the PDs, and Ireland's new coalition politics since 1989. We adapt Peter Mair's hypothesis that ‘coalitionability’ would strengthen Fianna Fáil, to argue that it has also caused the decline of Fine Gael by making the party less relevant to voters who wish to influence the formation of a government. This had the effect of allowing parties such as the PDs to continue to take support from Fine Gael. We offer empirical evidence to support this claim

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