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Support for coalition parties down - but up for Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil
Latest Red C opinion poll shows SF and FF picking up 2 per cent apiece.
THE LATEST RED C poll shows a dip in support for the coalition government partners Fine Gael and Labour.
The poll, carried out for the Sunday Business Post, also shows increased support for both Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin, with the latter scoring its highest poll results to take in a Red C survey.
Here’s how the parties stand according to the poll:
- Fine Gael – 29 per cent (down 3)
- Sinn Féin – 21 per cent (up 2)
- Fianna Fáil – 19 per cent (up 2)
- Labour – 13 per cent (down one)
- Independents/others – 18 per cent (no change)
A spokesperson for Sinn Féin told TheJournal.ie that while the party “doesn’t put too much emphasis on opinion polls”, the polls of recent months confirm what Sinn Féin representatives are hearing on doorsteps.
“That is that Sinn Féin is regarded by the public as the lead voice of opposition to the government’s failed austerity policies,” the said.
“Citizens are responding positively to Sinn Féin’s message of the need to reject austerity and to stimulate the economy and create jobs and growth instead and with our vision of a New Republic where the interests of citizens come before those of banks and speculators.”
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