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Five candidates who contested the general election to Dáil Éireann and one candidate who contested the Seanad Éireann election provide comprehensive accounts of their campaigns in this chapter and convey the reality of campaigning on the ground. They outline how they were initially selected as candidates, their experiences of door-to-door canvassing, the execution of their social media, postering and profile raising plans, and the issues that voters raised with them. The candidates are drawn from the largest six parties.
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For a full explanation of the Seanad electoral rules, see Chap. 12.
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Farrell, M., O’Connor, J., MacNeill, J.C., O’Gorman, R., Sherlock, M., Whitmore, J. (2021). On the Campaign Trail. In: Gallagher, M., Marsh, M., Reidy, T. (eds) How Ireland Voted 2020. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66405-3_7
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