Sunday Independent Opinion
Poll, Fianna Fail, Fine Gael, politics, Millward Brown Poll, Sinn Fein
Fianna Fail and Fine Gael
are hanging precariously close to each other from the latest Poll
A new opinion poll shows
support for Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael is neck and neck at 27%.
The Millward Brown poll for
tomorrow's Sunday Independent indicates a four point increase in support for
Fine Gael.
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This poll was carried out
over 12 days finishing last Tuesday.
979 adults around the country took part in the
poll.
The proportion of undecided
voters remains high, at 33%.
When undecided voters are
excluded, support for Fine Gael is up four points since the last Sunday
Independent poll a fortnight ago, at 27%.
Labour has dropped one point
to 11% since the last poll, while Fianna Fáil is up one, to 27%, the same as
Fine Gael.
Sinn Féin support is down
two to 17%, with internal rumblings that Gerry Adams TD will soon step down as
President. Adams has recently been accused in a Belfast Court of concealing the
rape of his 4 year old niece and a court in the USA has just ordered the
release of damming tapes that see former PIRA members accuse Gerry Adams TD of
ordering the Murder and secret burial of innocent Catholic mother of ten young
children Jean McConville. This at a time when Gerry Adams Snr was an active RUC Informer.
Independents and Others are
down one to 18%.
Opinions on Government
satisfaction were sought for the poll, with 74% saying that they were
dissatisfied with how the Government is running the country.
18% have said that they are
satisfied with how the country is run and 14% of those polled said that they
believed that Labour should continue with current Government policy.
When questioned on their
views of party leaders; 65% said that they were dissatisfied with Enda Kenny's
leadership.
Up to 70% claimed that they
were dissatisfied with Eamon Gilmore's leadership and 15% of those polled
believe Mr Gilmore should remain as leader.
Micheál Martin's popularity
slipped with 53% of people unhappy with him, up 47% from two weeks ago.
The opinion poll also
focused on the banks and queried if the banks are acting fairly or not towards
those with distressed mortgages.
72% said that they did not
think that the banks were acting fairly.
16% said that they did not
know and 12% said that they felt the banks were acting fairly.
On the issue of writing off
debts owed to banks to allow people to remain in their homes; 49% felt that
they should be written off, 34% said that they should not and 16% said that
they did not know.
