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Voter attitudes to inter-party transfers in Northern Ireland: a median-difference analysis of inter-party transfers in the 1982 and 1988 Assembly elections

O'Kelly, Michael and Doyle, John orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-0763-4853 (2000) Voter attitudes to inter-party transfers in Northern Ireland: a median-difference analysis of inter-party transfers in the 1982 and 1988 Assembly elections. DCU Business School Research Paper Series. (Paper No. 42). Dublin City University Business School, Ireland. ISSN: 1393-290X

Abstract
The impact of the 1998 peace agreement in Northern Ireland on electoral behaviour is analysed in this article by plotting median differences in inter-party transfers under the PR by Single Transferable Vote system used in 1998 and in 1982. There is clear evidence that moderate and militant nationalists have followed the lead of their party elites and have transferred lower preference votes to each other at higher levels and more consistently in 1998 than in 1982. Patterns of change within unionism are more complex. While there were some signs of a slightly increased willingness from pro-Agreement unionists to transfer to moderate nationalists and a fall in the percentage of transfers to anti-Agreement unionists, there was still considerable consistency of support between the unionist parties despite the split over the peace agreement.
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Item Type:Working Paper (No. 42)
Refereed:No
Subjects:Social Sciences > Political science
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > DCU Business School > DCU Business School Research Paper Series
Publisher:Dublin City University Business School
Use License:This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. View License
ID Code:2226
Deposited On:05 Jan 2009 15:01 by Rachel Keegan . Last Modified 04 Oct 2018 08:28
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