How Ireland Voted 2002

by Edited by Michael Gallagher, Michael Marsh and Paul Mitchell

• ISBN13: 9780333968345
• ISBN10: 0333968344
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2003-05-23
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

How Ireland Voted 2002 provides an in-depth analysis of the Irish general election. Continuing an established series of election studies, it sets out the context of the campaign, assesses the impact of the political parties' marketing strategies, and presents first-hand candidate campaign diaries. It analyzes voting patterns employing both aggregate data and survey evidence, discusses the post-election negotiations leading to the formation of the new government, and considers the implications for the future of the Irish party system.

Author Biography

Michael Gallagher and Michael Marsh are both Associate Professors, Trinity College, University of Dublin. Paul Mitchell is Lecturer, London School of Economics.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations	vii
List of tables	ix
List of figures	xi
Notes on contributors	xii
Preface	xv
Glossary and abbreviations	xviii
Illustrations	xix
The background to the election	1	(20)
Gary Murphy
Campaign strategies	21	(16)
Stephen Collins
Candidate selection: more democratic or more centrally controlled?	37	(20)
Yvonne Galligan
The candidates' perspective	57	(31)
Sean Fleming
Paul Bradford
Joan Burton
Fiona O'Malley
Dan Boyle
Aengus O Snodaigh
Liam Twomey
Stability and turmoil: analysis of the results	88	(31)
Michael Gallagher
What decided the election?	119	(24)
John Garry
Fiachra Kennedy
Michael Marsh
Richard Sinnott
Voter turnout in 2002 and beyond	143	(16)
Pat Lyons
Richard Sinnott
Why the opinion polls got it wrong in 2002	159	(18)
Gail McElroy
Michael Marsh
The media and the campaign	177	(20)
Heinz Brandenburg
Jacqueline Hayden
The subterranean election of the Seanad	197	(17)
Michael Gallagher
Liam Weeks
Government formation in 2002: `You can have any kind of government as long as it's Fianna Fail'	214	(16)
Paul Mitchell
The election and the party system	230	(17)
John Coakley
Appendices	247	(21)
Liam Weeks
Appendix 1: Results of the general election	247	(4)
Appendix 2: Members of the 29th Dail	251	(7)
Appendix 3: The government and ministers of state	258	(2)
Appendix 4: The electoral system	260	(2)
Appendix 5: Regulation of campaign spending	262	(3)
Appendix 6: Electronic voting	265	(3)
Index	268