Support for Fine Gael falls sharply among farmers and most well-off voters
Sinn Féin also falls by three points today, while its leader Mary Lou McDonald sees a sharp decline in her personal rating, from 40 per cent to 33 per cent.
With support for Fianna Fáil dropping marginally by one point, the big winners are the non-aligned Independents, with Independents/others rising by five points.The state of the parties, when undecided voters are excluded, is: Fine Gael 30 per cent ; Fianna Fáil 24 per cent ; Sinn Féin 21 per cent ; Labour 6 per cent ; Independents/others 19 per cent .
The poll was conducted on Monday and Tuesday of this week among a representative sample of 1,200 voters aged 18 and over in face-to-face interviews at 120 sampling points in all constituencies. The margin of error is plus or minus 2.8 per cent. The “core” vote for the parties – that is, before undecided voters and those unlikely to vote were excluded – compared with the last Irish Times poll in October, was: Fine Gael 21 per cent ; Fianna Fáil 18 per cent ; Labour 5 per cent ; Sinn Féin 16 per cent ; Independents/others 15 per cent . Undecided voters were at 25 per cent, up four since the last poll.
Among the smaller parties and Independents, the Green Party is at 2 per cent among voters declaring a preference, Solidarity/People Before Profit are at 2 per cent , the Social Democrats are at 1 per cent , Independents4Change are at 2 per cent , the Independent Alliance is at 1 per cent , non-party Independents are on 10 per cent and other groups and parties are on 2 per cent .
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