In Ireland, voters reject referendums on definition of family and recognition of care

The Care referendum - on the proposed 40th amendment of the constitution - has been emphatically defeated [...]. The result was a 73.9% No vote and a 26.1% Yes vote. The proposed 40th amendment to the constitution was rejected in all 39 constituencies. [...] Some 1,525,221 people voted and turnout was 44.3%. This marked a 30% drop since the 2018 abortion referendum. [...] It is also the highest ever No vote percentage in an Irish referendum. Prior to today, the highest No vote was in the 2015 referendum to lower the age for Presidential candidates, at 73.1%. The 1992 Abortion referendum (65.4%) and the 1986 Divorce referendum (63.5%) have also both been overtaken by the No vote percentages on the Family and Care amendments. [...T]he Family referendum was resoundingly defeated with the result showing 67.7% voted No and 32.3% voted Yes. [...] Turnout was 44.36% and this marked a 19% drop since the 2018 abortion referendum.
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