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7️⃣ Just seven more sleeps until polling day!

Do you have a polling day plan? Do you have usual routine? Is this your first time voting? Tell all!

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5️⃣ Just five more sleeps to go, and we have (probably) the final POLL - from Sunday Independent/Ireland Thinks:

Fine Gael 22 (-4)
Fianna Fáil 20
Sinn Féin 20 (+2)
Social Democrats 5 (-1)
Aontú 5 (+2)
Labour 4
Greens 3 (-1)
PBP-Solidarity 2
Independents/others 19 (+3)

(MoE 2.3%)

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Ooh, new poll alert! (Irish Times/Ipsos B&A)

Fianna Fáil 21% (+2 since last poll 14 Nov)
Sinn Fein 20% (+1)
Fine Gael 19% (-6)
Social Democrats 6% (+2)
Greens 4% (+1)
Labour 4% (-1);
People Before Profit 3% (+1)
Aontú 3% (no change)
Independents (incl Ind. Ireland) 17% (-3)

(Margin of Error 2.8%)

Undecided voters (not incl in above figures) are at 19% (+3)

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3️⃣ Just three more sleeps until election day!

Who'll be following the tallies and count on Saturday??

1️⃣ It's Election Day Eve! Just one more sleep until the country goes to the polls.

Have you made a plan for when you'll go to vote, and how you'll get there?

If you're on the register of electors but didn't receive your Polling Card, don't worry: you're still eligible to vote - just be sure to bring some form of acceptable ID (e.g. passport, drivers license, student card, etc.).

Check the register: checktheregister.ie/

More info on how to vote: electoralcommission.ie/how-to-

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Póg mo Joan 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️😷

As of around 5pm, RTÉ reported that turnout was reaching around 30% nationwide - some examples:

Dublin City constituencies ranged 26-34%

Roscommon-Galway 21.2-38%

Meath 23-30%

Waterford 30.68%-42%

Wicklow-Wexford 27-40%

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EXIT POLL: coverage on RTÉ 2 starts at 9:55pm - results expected at 10pm, including first and second preferences.

rte.ie/news/election-24/

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POLLS CLOSE AT 10pm. If you can make your way, you may still have time to cast your vote if you haven't already done so.

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EXIT POLL - partial results:

FF 19.5%
SF 21.1%
FG 21%
SD 5.8%
Lab 5%
GP 4%

(Margin of Error 1.4%)

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(A little baby bump for the Soc Dems..?)

EXIT POLL - Second preferences:

"Exit poll indicates that 20% of the second preference vote goes to Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, with Sinn Féin at 17%"

(Source: rte.ie/news/post/104570553)

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@clickhere They finally ran a candidate in Louth (who got my first preference)

@clickhere Important to note the Soc Dems are only running in 25 of the 43 constituencies, they might be looking at averaging double digits in those constituencies. Could be looking at serious seat gains.

@clickhere SD's are up the amount SF are down. A lot of votes moved after SF's reaction to the anti-immigration protests. They lost a lot of the liberal left vote.

@Ronnierobins Oh yes! Good spot - and in opinion polls since earlier in the year (when SF really went all in on their dog whistling) their numbers dropped poll after poll, iirc.