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Thread: Sunday 26th SBP RedC Poll - FF 26% (-10) FG 33% (+5)

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    Edo.... "As bad as FF and the current government are - I have yet to see anything from the opposition parties"

    as a member of FG would you not rather that FF were left to wade around in the mess theyve created and take the flak for it? for them to be put out of government now would evoke a repeat of the Bruton goverment taking tough decisions and the FF playing good cop and riding the crest of the subsequent wave!

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    Quote Originally Posted by ibis View Post
    The result is only really meaningful for the three main parties, where it is excellent for Labour, good for FG, and bad for FF.

    Everyone else is well within the same range they've been all year:

    Party - Oct - Sep - Aug - Jul - Jun - May - Apr - Mar - Feb
    SF - 10 - 9 - 10 - 9 - 8 - 8 - 7 - 6 - 7
    PD - 2 - 3 - 6 - 2 - 1 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 3
    GP - 6 - 7 - 6 - 5 - 8 - 7 - 8 - 7 - 5
    Ind - 8 - 8 - 2 - 6 - 7 - 6 - 5 - 7 - 6

    SF could be interpreted as seeing a relatively solid rising trend.
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    Sinn Fein are the clear winners in this poll. Another indication of Sinn Fein's resurgence after the aberration of last year's Election results. The people are in the mood for change and Gerry Adams, along with his effective and highly competent team, is now perfectly placed to become Ard-Ri, sorry, I mean Taoiseach, to shepherd the people towards the sunlit uplands of a socialist 32-County Republic, in due course. Any other interpretation of the poll is absurd.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Blueshirt1 View Post
    Happy happy days.
    Its nice to gloat for a few hours but there is an awful lot of work to be done.

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    Originally Posted by kerrynorth
    FF 26 -10; fg 33 +5; lab 15 +6; green 6 -1; sf 10 +1; pd 2 -1; others 8 nc.
    Do you have the raw data?
    In particular, have FF voters just moved to don't know or have some actually made the leap to FG or Labour?

    I suspect a very big increase in don't knows.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Edo View Post
    Hmmm

    I suppose its not surprising given the last 2 weeks - I wouldn't be jumping around the place saying that anything radical has happened.
    The point though is that there is absolutely no good news for the government for the foreseeable future. None whatsoever, and RedC polls consistently overstate FF support!! So its all a struggle for FF from here to even get 30% next year.

    Of course the real immediate bright side of this is that there will no Lisbon 2. FF had the highest Yes support which is now down 14% in 2 months.

    Always look on the bright side of life.....la la.....la la la la

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    These are pretty terrible figures for the government but at the end of the day its only a poll, no matter how nice it is to see FF well down
    “Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies.” - Thomas Jefferson

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    Quote Originally Posted by droghedasouth View Post
    Do you have the raw data?
    In particular, have FF voters just moved to don't know or have some actually made the leap to FG or Labour?

    I suspect a very big increase in don't knows.
    No I don't have the polling data......yet.

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    suppose we shouldnt detract from the point but while you mention it kerrynorth...how nice would it be to see the greens vote slide in the locals and for patricia mc kenna's to increase?! kick in tha arse to the green leadership!

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    Quote Originally Posted by peadarmc View Post
    Edo.... "As bad as FF and the current government are - I have yet to see anything from the opposition parties"

    as a member of FG would you not rather that FF were left to wade around in the mess theyve created and take the flak for it? for them to be put out of government now would evoke a repeat of the Bruton goverment taking tough decisions and the FF playing good cop and riding the crest of the subsequent wave!
    From a purely cynical political point of view - yes let FF stew in their own juices - from a personal point of view looking at the state of economy and projecting into the future - I will lose my job next week along with 100 of my colleagues - we are just waiting for a creditor to pull the trigger and call in a liquidator - there are hundreds of small companies in the same situation - the revenue's take is falling off a cliff - If we can't take this little bit of harsh medicine , as badly handled as it was - then I truly despair as to far we will have to fall before reality dawns on us all that the we are back , quite literally to 1981, and the last 25 years progress might not aswell happened. Im seriously concerned about this.

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    There was a Munster final back in the late 80s in Cork where Cork were hammering Kerry and the Kerry supporters started to leave before the final whistle (to beat the traffic, naturally) and a cry went up from Cork crowd "lock the gates, make the f$*kers watch, make dem watch." I can't help despite my belief that FG would make a better core to a alternative government feel that FF need to left in office a while more to take the consequences of their actions and inactions over the last period in government.
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