Tag: election
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Alliance Ends 2019 as the Third Largest Party
The Alliance Party capped off 2019 with the third in a series of election successes this year. Dr Christopher Raymond explores the results and what they might mean for long-term electoral strategies in Northern Ireland.
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Northern results do not make a united Ireland inevitable
The boost for Alliance shows that voting remain is not the same thing as wanting reunification, argues Dr Katy Hayward.
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No Return without Reform?
An election that was about Brexit should not be recast as a vote for unprincipled and unconditional return to power-sharing government says Professor Colin Harvey.
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Cheering for the Other Party’s Outsider Candidates
As the 2020 presidential race heats up, Dr Christopher Raymond explores the phenomenon of cheering for the other party’s outsider candidates.
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The 2017 Westminster Election: Three Observations
Following last week’s surprising Westminster election results, Dr Chris Raymond offers his own observations on the election and the results.
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Sinn Féin gains and the prospect of direct rule: the NI election fallout explained
Professor John Garry reviews the results of last week’s Northern Ireland elections and asks what’s next for the Assembly as negotiations begin.
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Scorpions in a bottle: the fight between Northern Ireland’s two main parties defines another election
Despite fresh elections tomorrow, stalemate and instability loom again with the likely result that Sinn Féin and the DUP will once more be elected the leading parties in their respective communities says Dr Peter McLoughlin.
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Northern Ireland after the election
The Northern Ireland Assembly election on 2 March is likely to be followed by a difficult political negotiation. Alan Whysall from UCL’s Constitution Unit argues that it must not be a mere political sticking plaster and that people in Northern Ireland outside politics need to get involved in setting the agenda.
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Martin McGuinness resignation could return Northern Ireland to direct rule
Professor John Garry and Dr Neil Matthews from the University of Bristol looks at the reasons behind the resignation of Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness and looks at what this means for power sharing and the relationship between the DUP and Sinn Féin.
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When in Rome do as the Romans do? Vienna and Gertrude calling!
Dr Ulrike Vieten reflects on the re-run of the recent presidential election in Austria which saw the defeat of the populist far right candidate Norbert Hofer.