Prof Brendan O’Leary spoke at the Feile today, and talked about the shrinking of the unionist vote,and how it’s tied to age -most of their supporters are older, younger Protestants are looking for something more, and are eager to hear the case for a united Ireland. Is the. Prod in the garden centre again a main player?
Infantino looks as though his plans to privatize the World Cup are coming apart.Should he be allowed to stay in his job until next year,or does the itch in UEFA and FIFA’s boot deserve a backside to kick?
And has Jeffrey Donaldson’s conviction done irreparable harm to the DUP? And will people learn to forget about him when the next election comes?
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The above article speaks of the “shrinking of the unionist vote” and a study of recent general elections shows the percentage unionist vote decreasing marginally.
But the percentage nationalist vote has been shrinking at an even faster rate. In the 2010 general election, the combined SDLP/Sinn Féin vote was 42 per cent. This had fallen to 38.1 per cent in the 2024 general election.