Ha! Polls closed 10 minutes ago. The Irish Times, our paper of record, has conducted an exit poll.

Get a load of this baby:

WOWZERS!

I had told folks to expect a decisive margin, but I had been pegging it at 60:40…

Of course this is just an exit poll, but unlike pre-polls, exit polls have really good accuracy. The official margin of error for this one is +/-1.5%. I think that might be moot in this case.

The official count takes place tomorrow morning. There will be another exit poll by the national TV station later tonight.

Folks, I think we got this.

REPEAL THE 8TH!!!!!!!!!

Sorry I need to go on Twitter now. Byeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!

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EDIT, 10:36 PM:

I thought this was interesting:

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

— Richard Chambers (@newschambers) May 25, 2018

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EDIT, 10:45 PM:

And this:

And thank you so much to our brilliant brilliant young men & women
87% 18-24 year olds went repeal 💚💚💚💚#HomeToVote #mnasome

— Ciara Kelly (@ciarakellydoc) May 25, 2018

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EDIT, 10:55 PM:

And

'Even Connacht-Ulster, expected to be the bulwark of the anti-repeal vote, voted in favour of the constitutional change by 59 per cent to 41 per cent, the @IrishTimes exit poll finds.' #8threfhttps://t.co/xPNaVz9Hl5 via @IrishTimes

— mary minihan (@minihanmary) May 25, 2018

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EDIT, 11:45 PM

Second exit poll, by the national broadcaster, confirms the result:

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

— RTÉ News (@rtenews) May 25, 2018

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EDIT, 12:35 AM

This is cute:

https://twitter.com/MazzyK/status/1000152658882322433

 

Okay, time for bed now. Need to get up and celebrate more tomorrow…!