Fifth of voters nominate housing as most significant issue when asked about Government’s performance
A large majority of voters who nominated housing as the main issue have a negative view of the Government’s performance on the issue. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wireas the issue that is most noticed by voters when asked about the Government’s performance, according to the latest monthly Snapshot poll by Ipsos for The Irish Times.
Housing and immigration have dominated the monthly poll since the beginning of this year. This month, they again swap places. Immigration has been in first place for the last two months; housing in second.‘The whole immigration thing is a mess’: Irish voters on Government performance Although the drop in the numbers citing immigration since last month is a sign that voters believe the Government is making progress on the issue, the recurring strength of the findings on housing will be a continuing concern for the Coalition – and suggests it will be a key issue in the general election when it comes, with the Government’s record a likely source of criticism.
The survey asks more than 1,000 respondents the following question: “What have you come across in what the Government has said or done recently that has made you think the country is going in the right or wrong direction?” This question is asked of 1,000 citizens each month. The data was collected using Omnipoll, Ipsos’s telephone omnibus survey which interviews a fresh, nationally representative sample of 1,000 adults aged 15-plus every two weeks.
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