How Ireland Voted 2020

Michael Gallagher is Professor of Comparative Politics in Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.Michael Marsh is Emeritus Professor of Political Science in Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.Theresa Reidy is Senior Lecturer in Government at University College Cork, Ireland.

• 1. The Road to the Election.- 2. Election Pledge Fulfilment Under Minority Government.- 3. Too Many, Too Few: Candidate Selection in 2020.- 4. Campaign Strategies: The Inside Story of How the Election was Fought.- 5. Brexit and the Election: The Issue That Wasn’t.- 6. Media and the Election: Social and Traditional Media Narratives in the Campaign.- 7. On the Campaign Trail.- 8. The Results Analysed: The Definitive End of the Traditional Party System?.- 9. Geographical Factors in Constituency Voting Patterns.- 10. Voting Behaviour: The Sinn Féin Election.- 11. The Evolving Nature of the Irish Policy Space.- 12. The Seanad Election: Voting in Unprecedented Times.- 13. The Slow Formation of the Government.- 14. The Election in Context.

“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)