A few battles are left to be fought over, but the electoral war has almost ended.
The debates have been, at times, fractious and bad-tempered but they're now done.
Both sides will campaign right up to Thursday night, with many voters still finalising their positions.
And that considered opinion will become clear when the ballot boxes are opened on Saturday morning in the 43 different constituencies.
The issues raised in last night's 70-minute Prime Time debate are in many ways the themes of the entire campaign.
Heather Humphreys was pressed on Fine Gael's record in government - like the Government's response to the genocide in Gaza.
Catherine Connolly was questioned on her critiques of the European Union and whether that would have diplomatic consequences for Ireland.
Each candidate also had to answer questions about individual controversies thrown up by the campaign.
Catherine Connolly was asked about acting as a barrister for financial institutions in home repossession cases, while Heather Humphreys faced renewed interrogation about her record on the tragic case of Shane O'Farrell.
Both candidates maintained their defences. Heather Humphreys put in an improved performance. Catherine Connolly remained calm and assured.
But this was no reprise of the 2011 presidential debate, which saw the 15-point lead of Independent candidate, Sean Gallagher, melted under the studio lights.
That suggests that the dynamic indicated by the first opinion poll, and maintained subsequently, remains in play. Catherine Connolly still has the clear advantage.
What Fine Gael will hope for is that trend will have changed when the Business Post publishes its second opinion poll of the campaign later today or tomorrow.
However, it's very late in the game.
Maybe this presidential campaign will be best remembered for what might have been.
How different would it have been if Fine Gael's Mairead McGuinness, the MEP turned EU Commissioner, was not forced to withdraw, following a stay in hospital?
What would have happened if the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party had backed their experienced MEP, Billy Kelleher, over former Dublin football manager and political novice Jim Gavin?
Could the contest have been turned on its head if several Independent candidates had entered the race - via Local Authorities or the Oireachtas - and Catherine Connolly was no longer the sole Opposition figure?
What if?
That's of no assistance to the presidential electorate, which is estimated by An Coimisiún Toghcháin to stand at 3,612,957.
They have to decide between Catherine Connolly or Heather Humphreys, after what can be best described as a lacklustre, but grinding presidential election campaign.
Despite polls suggesting a substantial number of voters are considering either not voting, or spoiling their vote, we will still have a declared winner by this Saturday evening.
That person will be inaugurated on Tuesday 11 November in the plush surroundings of Saint Patrick's Hall in Dublin Castle.
Then Ireland's 10th President will go to Áras an Uachtaráin and will have to start to implement a plan to win over all of the citizens of the State, rather than just their electoral supporters.
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