Results suggest a majority preference for modest, incremental reform rather than any overturning of the current order
has inevitably focused on the horse race between the political parties. But the answers to some of the other questions asked in the poll have elicited responses that merit reflection.
The results confirm a long-term trend. The Irish electorate prefers an emphasis on public investment rather than on reductions in personal taxation. It has become a truism that the political consensus is now located firmly on the economic centre-left, but that does not make it any less true. Voters favour return of FF-FG government with Harris most popular choice for taoiseach – Irish Times poll
Yet the poll shows that while 38 per cent of voters want “radical” change, 51 per cent prefer change that is “moderate” with 8 per cent wary of any change at all. Such terms are open to multiple interpretations but they suggest a majority preference for modest, incremental reform rather than any overturning of the current order.
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