‘Landslide’ Victory For Repeal Voters As First Exit Poll Results Come In

It’s looking like the Eighth Amendment will soon be officially part of Ireland’s past as tonight’s exit polls from today’s historic referendum shows that the Yes voters came out in force. 

RTE released exit poll results that showed a groundbreaking 69.4% in favour of repeal 

RTÉ exit poll on the Eighth Amendment projects: Yes 69.4% No 30.6%

— RTÉ News (@rtenews) May 25, 2018

Together with Ipsos/MRBI, the Irish Times interviewed 4,000 voters as they left polling stations all across the country – with 160 locations included. 

It’s expected that the results in favour of repealing come in at 68% for Yes compared to just 32% for No.

The margin of error for The Irish Times’ poll is estimated at +/- 1.5%, although official results won’t be announced until tomorrow afternoon.

The news comes as a relief to Yes campaigners across the country. This referendum saw large turnout numbers and a huge 125,000 people voting for the first time.

The results also show that 87% of voters aged 18-24 voted for Repeal!

65% of men voted in favour with 35% against, and the largest ‘Yes’ vote went to Dublin where an estimated 77% voted to Repeal. 

Most astonishing of all: Ages 18-24 voted 87% for Repeal. Almost 9/10. #8thRef

— Richard Chambers (@newschambers) May 25, 2018