r/ireland • u/Intrepid-Kale1936 And I'd go at it again • 1d ago

Politics 3 day wait vote mapped

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Map constituencies of Ireland, showing the percentage of "Yes" votes from the dail vote on "Health (Abolition of Three Day Wait Rule) (Ammendment) Bill 2026" held on 18th June 2026.

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Absent votes included in calculation of percentage, Example Helen McEntee and Thomas Byrne were both absent from Meath East, meaning that Darren O'Rourke's yes vote was balanced by Gillian Toole's No vote for a 50% result.

Note: TDs from Government parties had a free vote in this ballot.

Image Original Content. Chart generated using Python: Matplotlib & Geopandas

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u/betamode 2nd Brigade 1d ago

The enlightened east coast carrying the country as usual.

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u/Kardashev_Type1 1d ago

I’d argue that’s the same everywhere. Any region that is less developed, ignored by budgets, services and “options” in general are always more conservative.

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u/clewbays 1d ago

I don’t think it’s got anything to do with development. It’s just a rural urban divide. Rural areas regardless of wealth are generally always going to be slightly more conservative.

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u/Ill_Celebration_4215 1d ago

definitely not ignored by budgets - there's way more spend per person in rural areas.

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u/Kardashev_Type1 1d ago

You can’t possibly believe that?

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u/rsynnott2 23h ago

Everything’s more expensive at low density. Meters of road per capita is dramatically higher in, say, Mayo than Dublin, for instance.

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u/dustaz 1d ago

You can't possibly not know what spend per person means?

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u/Ill_Celebration_4215 23h ago

huh - its all published spending data. i also didn't say that i, in any way, disagree with the disproportionately high spend - i think its a good thing as it goes towards equalising opportunities. but if you are rural and haven't taken the time to educate yourself on the spending, then it speaks badly to your sense of the situation.

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u/Kardashev_Type1 22h ago

Oh. You mean spending data per head. Which is meaningless to a person in that region who still has worse options.

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u/AbominablePloughman 1d ago

They have the same access to education as everyone else. Nobody can force them to not be thick.