The Destiny of the Soldiers: Tradition and Modernity in the Politics of De Valera's Ireland

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Previous research has established that the original bases of support for the two large Irish political parties differed significantly and that these differences faded within twenty years of the new polity's independence in 1922. The present article uses multiple regression techniques to ascertain if any residual differences remained between the electoral support bases of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael after 1943. It concludes that Fianna Fáil's support remained disproportionately traditionalist and populist and that this feature of Fianna Fáil is a major key to understanding the persisting nuances of difference between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael.

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