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The Daily PollPoll: Should Michael D Higgins actively campaign if he wants to continue as President?
President Higgins confirmed yesterday that he wished to stay in office.
PRESIDENT MICHAEL D Higgins yesterday confirmed that he would be seeking a second term of office in Áras an Úachtaráin.
A number of other contenders are scrambling to also get a nomination to stand against him.
Should this happen a campaign would be inevitable but there are suggestions that President Higgins may sit out active campaigning and allow voters to decide based on his record.
The last time a sitting president was challenged was in 1966 when President Éamon De Valera did not campaign but was reelected.
In today’s poll we’re asking: Should Michael D Higgins actively campaign if he wants to continue as President?
Poll Results:
Yes, he should set out a vision (6010)
No, voters can decide based on his record (5392)
Don't know (377)
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