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Exit Poll Predicts 87% Of 18-24 Year Olds Voted Yes

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10:02 26 May 2018


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The exit polls from last night suggest that today's referendum will be a landslide victory in favour of a yes vote to repeal the 8th amendment, however we won't have an official result until later this afternoon.

The RTÉ exit poll, which was announced on the Late Late Show last night projected a Yes vote of 69.4% with a No vote of 30.6%.

The sample size was 3,800.

Among the 18-24 age group, the Yes vote is projected at 87.6%, while for 25-34 year olds it is 84.6%.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Most astonishing of all: Ages 18-24 voted 87% for Repeal. Almost 9/10. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/8thRef?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#8thRef</a></p>&mdash; Richard Chambers🎙 (@newschambers) <a href="https://twitter.com/newschambers/status/1000124130476351488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 25, 2018</a></blockquote>
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The Yes vote for 35-49 was 72.8% and 63.7% for 50-64.

The 65+ age group was the only one NOT to vote in favour of repeal, with 58.7% voting No.

Finally, the exit poll also indicated that 79% of people in Dublin voted for repeal. 


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