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[Defeated Romanticist]

It's one poll 4 years from an election in the middle of a PR disaster and a recession so don't soil yourselves ladies.

The poll just doesn't add up.

The Greens and the PDs up, FF down.

In other words. Tis nonsense.

PPS. Anyone who thinks the PD vote is going to FG is in dreamland. All the FG vote in the PDs went a long time ago.

[Keith-M]

Polls in January will tell the true story..

there is no doubt this is a slightly rougue poll.. You could add 5 per cent to the FF figure in an election and 2 per cent to Fine Gael.

No way would others get 8 or Sinn Fein 10 in an actual election.

Come January the 1% levy is going to kick in. I would say we should look to March next year before we get a true picture of voting intentions.

[Tulach]

It's one poll 4 years from an election in the middle of a PR disaster and a recession so don't soil yourselves ladies.

The poll just doesn't add up.

The Greens and the PDs up, FF down.

In other words. Tis nonsense.

PPS. Anyone who thinks the PD vote is going to FG is in dreamland. All the FG vote in the PDs went a long time ago.

PD's and Greens are down one??

[peadarmc]

Wonder if FF would think of cutting and running?
a) if they stay things will get worse so they may as well try to minimuse the damage and
b) who in their right mind would want to take the opprobrium that will come the way of the govt that does the things that FF have made nescessary?


As for the greens : well, we know their natural cnstituiency of "to hell with people, hug a whale" will always vote for the biciling loons

i have no arguments with your essential point! however i dont see fianna fail cutting and running! didnt we see all this before...FF make a right mess of things...the opposion make tough choices when they get into government...choices that were necessary but then FF get back in and claim the credit! mid 90's...? sure inst that what happened?

[ibis]

As someone pointed out, there's still a planet to save, so at the end of the day the troubles of the Irish economy are small beer.

Unless you want to continue to live here.
If your house is on fire, you don't worry that the runoff from the fire houses may pollute the local river.

An analogy which neatly illustrates your sense of the priorities. In fact, the Irish economy is part of the planet, and the effort we are expending in trying to protect the Irish economy is completely pointless if the whole game is going to change. It's not a case of either/or.

[DeGaulle 2.0]

if you use the average vote to seat ratios from the last four elections it would give you this;

ff : 52
fg : 61
lab : 28
pds : 3
gp : 7
sf : 6
ind/others : 9

still no overall majority for fg & labour.

61 + 28 = 89 ?

[peadarmc]

PD's and Greens are down one??

their core vote are their core vote! small parties like the greens will hold their core as they have done a lot on the environment to keep them happen, which was in essence the reason those people voted for them! no amount of a fiscal f*ck up will change that!

so long as the env is bein looked after, their core are happy! realistically...how many of the pensioners who Cuffe addressed actually voted Green?

[KingKane]

What 10% drop?

This is pubtalk.

That must be some pub in RTe

RTÉ News: Poll shows 10 point drop for Fianna Fáil

[Keith-M]

Er, Keith there are no PD's anymore (soon to be confirmed at least).. so you may as well add their 2pc to FG..

The PDs are still getting a decent poll rating and if they have the stomach for the fight, there is a strong case for the party going on. If they fold, their poll share will go to FF, as any "wet" PDs, would have gone to FG by now.

[kerrynorth]

Ff 26 -10; fg 33 +5; lab 15 +6; green 6 -1; sf 10 +1; pd 2 -1; others 8 nc.