According to the latest Sunday Business Post/Red C opinion poll,
just 32 per cent of voters surveyed said they would vote for
Fianna Fail if there was a general election tomorrow - a
ten-point drop from the last general election. That would cost
Fianna Fail up to 20 seats and leave the party in opposition.
Support for Bertie Ahern’s party has dropped by five percentage
points since the last such poll in March. The combined support
of the government parties (Fianna Fail and the Progressive
Democrats) is at 36%, while the potential opposition coalition
of the Fine Gael and Labour parties is at 38%.
The combined support for Fianna Fail and Sinn Féin, a third
possible option, is at 45%.
Almost nine voters in ten (89 per cent) believe that “rip-off
Ireland” is a reality on a daily basis, and three out of four
voters blame the government.
The survey comes in the wake of the popular Irish television
series, Rip Off Republic, presented by Eddie Hobbs, which has
highlighted the issues of government waste and public
expenditure overruns.
The Corkman has been vilified by the Fianna Fail government
following his emergence as a celebrity government watchdog.
Support for other parties is largely unchanged since the March
poll. Labour remains at 13 per cent, Sinn Féin is at 10 per cent
(up 1), the Green Party at 6 per cent (down 1) and the
Progressive Democrats at 4 per cent (up 1).
Others are at 10 per cent (up 1).
The results of today’s poll will deeply worry Fianna Fail.
With a general election at most 20 months away, fewer than half
of voters say that they would find another Fianna
Fail-Progressive Democrats coalition acceptable.
A general election in the 26 Counties is expected within two
years.
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