"Catherine Connolly has won the presidential election by a landslide. When the votes began to spill out of the ballot boxes on Saturday morning, two things immediately struck the tally takers: the massive vote for Catherine Connolly and the scale of the spoilt votes. The landslide for the left was even greater than expected. By around 9.10am, the "vote whisperer" - former Labour TD Kevin Humphreys - was calling it in the RDS."
"When the votes began to spill out of the ballot boxes on Saturday morning, two things immediately struck the tally takers: the massive vote for Catherine Connolly and the scale of the spoilt votes. The landslide for the left was even greater than expected."
Catherine Connolly secured a landslide victory in the presidential election. Vote counts began spilling out of ballot boxes on Saturday morning, revealing two immediate patterns. Tally takers recorded a massive vote for Catherine Connolly and a large number of spoilt ballots. The margin for left candidates exceeded expectations, producing a greater landslide than anticipated. By around 9.10am, former Labour TD Kevin Humphreys, described as the "vote whisperer", was calling the result at the RDS. The early count combined decisive electoral support with a notable volume of spoilt votes.
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