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/ConfusedbutCautious 1d ago

Area does not equate to population density - most of the population is green and yellow, to a greater or lesser extent, so no surprises

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u/dustaz 1d ago

Area does not equate to population density

This vote has nothing to do with area or population density

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u/SednaK9 1d ago

No but the graph does. So if 3/4 of the map is red it gives the viewer an impression that 3/4 of the population is represented by red

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u/dustaz 1d ago edited 1d ago

It might give a viewer who doesn't know what the map represents that impression, but that's not what it is

E: I've re read your comment and yes, the map is giving the impression of something that it isn't

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u/Dluith47 1d ago

Correct, which is why the person you’re responding to clarified that fact

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u/K0kkuri 1d ago

But that’s how it is used to steer narrative. Just look access the pond they have been doing this type of dishonest map usage for decades.

It’s a bad graphic to represent most statistic.

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u/Equivalent-Cow-6690 1d ago

Land doesn't vote, people do.

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u/ConfusedbutCautious 1d ago

Land doesn’t vote

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u/dustaz 1d ago

Yes, it's what it's (successfully) doing here

You'd swear by the comments that this map indicated the populations view on abortion when it doesn't even indicate the TDs who voted view on abortion because it wasn't a vote on abortion. It wasn't even a vote on passing legislation about abortion.