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I never thought I would see an opinion poll like this in my life time. But Fine Gael are 17 points ahead of Fianna Fail in the latest Irish Time TNS/MRBI Opinion Poll. The full party ratings are as follows:
- Fianna Fáil 21% (-1)
- Fine Gael 38% (+6)
- Labour Party 20% (-4)
- Sinn Féin 9% (nc)
- Green Party 3% (-1)
This is the first poll to have the Greens down. They are down where the PD’s languished before disappearing. Will it happen to the Greens?
To have Fine Gael on 38% is just amazing! This is just a starting block of course and could be termed a “Lee Bounce” if we in FG dont keep up the work and the pressure.
In terms of leader satisfaction the poll is as follows:
- Brian Cowen 18% (-6)
- Enda Kenny 33% (+3)
- Eamon Gilmore 51% (+7)
- John Gormley 25% (-4)
So while Labour support is down four points, Gilmore is up. Its strange that his satisfaction is not translating through to support for the Labour Party. Cowen is beginning to hit rock bottom with his rating on less then 20%.
The Bye-Election, Local and European Elections results will be very interesting! Roll on June 6th and 7th!
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Hi, Stephen
I’m almost completely ignorant of Irish politics. Could I ask a stupid question?
What’s the difference between FG and FF in terms of political ideology? Wikipedia puts them both as centrist, but FF as more Irish republican and liberal and FG as more Christian democrat?
How would FG approach things differently?
I’ll send ya an e-mail over the weekend Josef!
Cheers, Stephen!
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