Irish presidential election 2018
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6074486 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alan Duggan (0000-0003-1690-8331, Trinity College Dublin, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 303-314 |
| Publication date | 2019-04-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Irish Political Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0790-7184 • E-ISSN: 1743-9078 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/07907184.2019.1573817 |
| OpenAlex | W2913869800 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 6 |
In late August 2018, Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government Eoghan Murphy set 26 October as the date of Ireland's presidential election. The race took on a decidedly uncompetitive appearance in July 2018 when incumbent Michael D. Higgins finally confirmed he would stand for re-election. He had, in the end, comfortably won the previous contest in 2011, receiving almost 40 per cent of votes on the first count and 57 per cent on the final count [see O’Malley, 2012. Explaining the 2011 Irish presidential election: Culture, valence, loyalty or punishment? Irish Political Studies, 27(4), 635–655]. Polls before the campaign revealed 59–76 per cent of people supported him for a second term, and he occupied a consistently comfortable position in polling carried out during the campaign. In the end, it was neither the unconcerned demeanour of Higgins nor his record-breaking victory that grabbed the headlines. Rather it was the injection of populist discourse into the campaign by candidate Peter Casey and his unanticipated success in garnering nearly a quarter of the vote that shocked the race out of its perfunctory rhythm. The nomination of candidates by councils, the negative campaigning against the incumbent and the populist discourse of Casey became the talking points of what was otherwise thought to promise a dreary foregone conclusion
Economics · Irish · Linguistics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Presidential election · Presidential system · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Irish and British Studies · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Philosophy
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| Citations per year | 0,83 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
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