home | team | data | contact

As the first step in the development of the NEDS study, a pilot study was commissioned for the referendums on 8th March 2024. Further details of this pilot and the resulting data are below.

Local, European and Limerick mayoral elections studies

Advised by the academic team, two surveys were conducted to coincide with the elections on 7 June 2024 - a national online survey of just over 3,000 voters in the week following the elections and a voters' survey of a representative sample of close to 900 voters outside 52 polling stations in Limerick after they had voted. Results from these surveys are in the slide decks below and the questionnaires used are also published below. The raw data and codebooks are currently being made ready for publication and once this process is completed will also be published here.

7 June 2024 Local, European, and Limerick Mayoral Elections
Local and European electionsquestionnaire
report (slide deck)
Limerick mayoral electionsquestionnaire
report (slide deck)

Referendum Pilot study

Advised by the academic team, many of whom have been involved in previous similar referendum studies, three surveys were commissioned to coincide with the March referendums. These were conducted by two independent polling companies – an online and a telephone survey in advance of the referendums and a voters' survey of a representative sample of 3,000 voters at 180 polling stations on 8 March. Results from these surveys are in the slide decks below and the questionnaires used are also published below. The raw data and codebooks are now also available to interested parties and can be requested by emailing research@electoralcommission.ie.

8 March 2024 Family and Care Referendums
Pre-referendum surveyquestionnaire
report (slide deck)
Post-referendum surveyquestionnaire
report (slide deck)