How Ireland Voted 2020

The End of an Era

Michael Gallagher editor Michael Marsh editor Theresa Reidy editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Springer Nature Switzerland AG

Published:11th Jun '21

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How Ireland Voted 2020 cover

This book is the 9th volume in the established How Ireland Voted series and provides the definitive story of Ireland’s mould-breaking 2020 election. For the first time ever, Sinn Féin won the most votes, the previously dominant parties shrank to a fraction of their former strengths, and the government to emerge was a coalition between previously irreconcilable enemies. For these reasons, the election marks the end of an era in Irish politics. This book analyses the course of the campaign, the parties’ gains and losses, and the impact of issues, especially the role of Brexit. Voting behaviour is explored in depth, with examination of the role of issues and discussion of the role of social cleavages such as class, age and education. The process by which the government was put together over a period of nearly five months is traced through in-depth interviews with participants. And six candidates who contested Election 2020 give first-hand reports of their campaigns.


“How Ireland Voted 2020 garners stellar contributions from the best scholars of Irish electoral politics. In addition to the analysis of leading Irish academics, this edited volume offers a glossary, list of abbreviations, chronology, and set of colour photos to begin the book. This background information is most helpful to those less familiar with the parties and personalities associated with contemporary Irish politics.” (Timothy White, Estudios Irlandeses, Vol. 17, 2022)

“The book contains lots of detail on many different angles.” (Mick Fealty, sluggerotoole.com, July 23, 2021)

ISBN: 9783030664046

Dimensions: unknown

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374 pages

1st ed. 2021