Support for Fianna Fail has "collapsed to an unprecedented low"

skelliser · 23-10-2010 06:08PM #1

in the latest Sunday Business Post poll conducted by RedC.

Fianna Fail 18 (-6)
Fine Gael 32 (+1)
Labour 27 (+4)
Greens 4 (+1)
Sinn Fein 9 (-1)
Independents 10 (+1)

"Just 38 per cent of those who voted for Fianna Fail in the 2007 election now say they will vote for the party." says the paper's political editor, Pat Leahy.

If these figures were replicated in a general election, Fianna Fail would lose half it's seats.

In tomorrows SB Post.

WOOHOOO!!!!

Rabies · 23-10-2010 06:11PM

Ireland needs to get out if this fecking recession.
I'm getting pissed off with these government, recession, housing and dole threads.

It almost makes me want to go to the Politics forum and read about it all properly

ValJester · 24-10-2010 12:06AM

Only problem is that there's still constituencies where they're the strongest with no real competitions, meaning that they'll take those seats with no real difficulty, whilst FG and Labour are strong in the same areas, meaning they'd eat into each other's support.
Hence FF will still take 33-40% of the seats in the Dail in 2011/2.

I've said it before and will say it again.Democracy dosn't work.

Celly Smunt · 24-10-2010 12:07AM

gerrymandering in the next election?..

JohnathanM · 24-10-2010 12:08AM

What amazes me most is there are still people out there who would actually still vote for Fianna "full of" Fail. Unreal. You were that dumb last time, but you still haven't worked things out?

ValJester · 24-10-2010 12:09AM

JohnathanM wrote: »

What amazes me most is there are still people out there who would actually still vote for Fianna "full of" Fail. Unreal. You were that dumb last time, but you still haven't worked things out?

Thing is people vote by candidate in Ireland.And whilst their TD may have voted for NAMA and thus condemned us to have to sell our children to salt mines, "he's still a good man" because he went to the relevant funeral.

OPENROAD · 24-10-2010 12:25AM

Thing is we are seriously lacking in this country when it comes to choices, I always vote but I am really not sure who to vote for next time,I have heard nothing from anyone that would make me vote for them

orourkeda · 24-10-2010 12:30AM

still too high

OPENROAD · 24-10-2010 12:30AM

orourkeda wrote: »

still too high

They all are imo

gurramok · 24-10-2010 12:34AM

Labours support rose at expense of FF support, thats the public sector switching allegiance due to Bertie abandoning them!

up for anything · 24-10-2010 12:35AM

pmcmahon wrote: »

Gerry Mandering in the next election?..

He'll get my vote!

Celly Smunt · 24-10-2010 12:36AM

up for anything wrote: »

He'll get my vote!

there was always someone in school who blamed the norths problems on poor old gerry

Sonderval · 24-10-2010 12:39AM

So, people of ireland, now you see that evil will always triumph because good is dumb

DJP · 24-10-2010 10:39PM

ValJester wrote: »

Only problem is that there's still constituencies where they're the strongest with no real competitions, meaning that they'll take those seats with no real difficulty, whilst FG and Labour are strong in the same areas, meaning they'd eat into each other's support.
Hence FF will still take 33-40% of the seats in the Dail in 2011/2.

I've said it before and will say it again.Democracy dosn't work.

No they won't. It looks like they are going to lose seats all over the place.

ILA · 24-10-2010 10:46PM

Excellent!

Now we only need the Blueshirts to fall to a similar level and we can actually start rebuilding this country in the way in which people originally intended back when they were fighting the Brits with hurleys and killing Protestant landowners :pac:

sonic85 · 24-10-2010 10:46PM

i dont believe any of these stupid fcuking polls. wont know a fcuking thing until after the next election

CoalBucket · 24-10-2010 10:48PM

What I want to know is, who are the 18% who still give them their support ? :eek::eek::eek:

Biggins · 24-10-2010 10:51PM

I'm disappointed.
18% ???

Its not low enough.

DonJose · 24-10-2010 10:55PM

To the 18% who still support the party that ruined my and my childrens future.

Fucccccckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk you!!!!

foxinsox · 24-10-2010 11:05PM

CoalBucket wrote: »

What I want to know is, who are the 18% who still give them their support ? :eek::eek::eek:

It wasn't me anyway

I got a call the other night, I was just sitting watching TV so had a bit of sympathy for the call centre guy...

It was RED SEA for that poll quoted above...

It took ages and the questions were very detailed...

The poor guy asking the questions couldn't prounounce any of the Irish named political parties....

Shin Feen ... Feena Fail.... Fine Gale ... say what you see

JohnathanM · 24-10-2010 11:10PM

foxinsox wrote: »

Shin Feen ... Feena Fail.... Fine Gale ... say what you see

Credit to the fella. He got one of them right.

galwayrush · 24-10-2010 11:14PM

I am shocked that anyone would even consider voting for the FF corruption party./ Right now, their only answer to try and fix what they ****ed up is to rob from the poorer in society to preserve the lifestyles of their richer friends.:mad:

starbelgrade · 24-10-2010 11:18PM

Is there anything about Fianna Fail that doesn't involve the word "unprecedented"?

galwayrush · 24-10-2010 11:22PM

starbelgrade wrote: »

Is there anything about Fianna Fail that doesn't involve the word "unprecedented"?

Or, In the context of...........:(

flash1080 · 25-10-2010 03:27PM

I think people will cop on soon enough and realise FF are the only party worth voting for. The other parties have done nothing of note to challenge FF, they're incapable of running the country. FF will get this country back on its feet.

JohnathanM · 25-10-2010 03:32PM

flash1080 wrote: »

I think people will cop on soon enough and realise FF are the only party worth voting for. The other parties have done nothing of note to challenge FF, they're incapable of running the country. FF will get this country back on its feet.

Just a pity we won't be able to afford any shoes.

sonic85 · 25-10-2010 03:33PM

flash1080 wrote: »

I think people will cop on soon enough and realise FF are the only party worth voting for. The other parties have done nothing of note to challenge FF, they're incapable of running the country. FF will get this country back on its feet.

troll of the highest order. either that or you are seriously deluded

flash1080 · 25-10-2010 03:36PM

sonic85 wrote: »

troll of the highest order. either that or you are seriously deluded

FG and Labour have been sitting quietly doing nothing, they have no solution to the problems and are watching FF take charge of the situation. They're just hoping to slip into government for a term with people blaming FF for having to make the tough decisions.

JohnathanM · 25-10-2010 03:40PM

flash1080 wrote: »

FG and Labour have been sitting quietly doing nothing, they have no solution to the problems and are watching FF take charge of the situation. They're just hoping to slip into government for a term with people blaming FF for having to make the tough decisions.

Tough decisions like bankrupting the country for a bank that could have been simply dropped, and cost us nothing? Or perhaps you mean the tough decisions of a science minister launching a book on creationism, a former Taoiseach being allowed to break the law with impunity and still serve himself in the Dail, or a current Taoiseach spending taxpayer cash on the piss before embarrassing us internationally the following morning?

Which tough decision do you admire the most?

Liam Byrne · 25-10-2010 03:41PM

flash1080 wrote: »

...... with people blaming FF for having to make the tough decisions.

That's actually what FF are hoping for........the more time passes, the more this can be falsely trotted out as the reason for FF's demise, when in actual fact the reason most neutrals hate them is because they led us head-first into this mess.

fontanalis · 25-10-2010 03:43PM

It's nice they asked 5 year olds.

Support for Fianna Fail has "collapsed to an unprecedented low"

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