Ireland’s general election 2020

We could say that, based on the traditional notion that Sinn Féin (SF) is a terroristic political party which has plotted to topple the government, the Irish people have entrusted their administrations to Fine Gael (FG) or Fianna Fáil (FF) for about 90 years. However, this time SF won the biggest number of the first-preference votes under Ireland’s single transferable vote (STV) system, and acquired 37 TDs out of just 42 candidates…