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Red C Poll 31-1-2009

  • 01-02-2009 1:14am
    #1
    Het-Field
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,350 ✭✭✭


    http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0131/poll.html

    Fianna Fail 28 % -2
    Fine Gael 33% -2
    Labour 14 0
    Green Party 8% +3
    Sinn Fein 9% +1
    Independents 8%


    Are the Irish electorate of the belief that the major parties cannot sort this crisis out ??? Neither of the big two have benefitted, and in spite of decent (if somewhat criticisable) efforts of the Labour Party, they have stayed the same It appears that the public are going for the "safe ideologial" bet of the Greens...because their current performance certainly doesnt warrent a support of 8%


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  • #2
    nesf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,644 ✭✭✭✭nesf


    The Greens' support is so small that I really wouldn't put much faith in any +3% changes. That said, maybe they're picking up more FF voters or something. We'll have to wait until we see the breakdown of figures tomorrow.


    That FG and Lab aren't gaining speaks volumes for their poor showing in terms of proposing viable options to what the Government is doing.


  • #3
    dresden8
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,290 ✭✭✭dresden8


    Is there anybody out there who thinks the greens are playing a blinder in government?

    FF in the high twenties?

    F. me. We're F'ed.


  • #4
    miju
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 8,486 ✭✭✭miju


    have to say am utterly perplexed by the +3% for the Greens. Anyone I've spoked to about the Green reckons they are doing a terrible job in government at the moment.


  • #5
    nesf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,644 ✭✭✭✭nesf


    miju wrote: »
    have to say am utterly perplexed by the +3% for the Greens. Anyone I've spoked to about the Green reckons they are doing a terrible job in government at the moment.

    Were any of those people in the 28% who'd still vote for FF by any chance?


  • #6
    sceptre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,608 ✭✭✭✭sceptre


    nesf wrote: »
    Were any of those people in the 28% who'd still vote for FF by any chance?
    Mmmm, that's the thing. I can only count two people I know who would solidly vote for SF and even those two only because I had a lot of contact with UL student societies last year. I don't doubt the 9% figure there though. Ditto with the 11% return for the Greens.


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  • #7
    spadder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 985 ✭✭✭spadder


    miju wrote: »
    have to say am utterly perplexed by the +3% for the Greens. Anyone I've spoked to about the Green reckons they are doing a terrible job in government at the moment.

    I voted for them before, never again. don't know where the +3 is from


  • #8
    lostexpectation
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,082 ✭✭✭lostexpectation


    people are going from ff fg to green?


  • #9
    juuge
    Closed Accounts Posts: 792 ✭✭✭juuge


    Het-Field wrote: »
    http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0131/poll.html

    Fianna Fail 28 % -2
    Should that not be 28?


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