Butter wouldn’t melt in Mary Lou McDonald’s mouth.
Leo is always talking out of both sides of his mouth.
Word of mouth says they are gaining support.
>why do you think sinn fien support hasn’t changed in 7 mouths?
You really mangled a very simple title.
Time for a change. They’re the only alternative. And tbh probably won’t change a whole lot but the lot that is in….. especially FG need a spell out of government. It’s healthy for us as a nation.
I do have to say I like Mary Lou as well.
We’ll see what happens tho. Sure few years of Leo next anyway isn’t it?
Have they not had anyone do or say anything stupid in that time?
The other partys can’t agree on anything and just dilute the whole thing so sf is the only one large enough to agree with stuff
My guess would be FF improving. That FG slide looks terminal unless they ditch Leo for Simon.
ira never went away you know
Vote Fine Gael
The current government is still more popular than SF (according to this poll)
There up to something
Partially to do with the projection style in the graph
You really feel that any time Eamon Ryan speaks another nail goes in the Greens. Its still going to be tough for SF to beat 2 parties out of a government (not that FF and FG are different) but I think things will change when there’s an election on the horizon.
Hungry mouths to feed……
Might have hit their maximum. Some people will never vote sinn fein.
That FF uptick is absolutely astounding. Obviously defectors from FG. But how can a person just switch from voting for a particular party to their opponent, just like that? Would you not feel like you’re doing a complete 180. You’d want to have a look at yourself.
SF may have hit their peak. Thr IRA etc are a red line issue for lots of people in Ireland. Also, ireland is already very left wing, the prospect of even higher taxes isnt for lots of people.
Theyll do well though because of balls up Successive governments have made of cost of living here, because young people dont remember the Troubles and because theyre better at online marketing
They’ve probably topped out at their maximum level of support at this point in time. There’s a solid ~40% of Irish people who will never, ever, ever vote SF due to their historical association as the political wing of the PIRA. This cohort is aging and will gradually be replaced but you’re looking at another 20-30 years before it really goes away as a factor as those voters age and some die.
The liberal middle class voters who go Labour/Soc Dems/Greens are another 10-20% of the population. That only leaves SF with about 40-50% who will realistically vote for them at this point in time. Out of that they’re getting 34% which isn’t a bad haul actually.
Maybe because those “mouths” are waiting to be fed?
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The other parties leave a bad taste in my mouth.
They shouldn’t look a gift horse in the mouth.
Butter wouldn’t melt in Mary Lou McDonald’s mouth.
Leo is always talking out of both sides of his mouth.
Word of mouth says they are gaining support.
>why do you think sinn fien support hasn’t changed in 7 mouths?
You really mangled a very simple title.
Time for a change. They’re the only alternative. And tbh probably won’t change a whole lot but the lot that is in….. especially FG need a spell out of government. It’s healthy for us as a nation.
I do have to say I like Mary Lou as well.
We’ll see what happens tho. Sure few years of Leo next anyway isn’t it?
Have they not had anyone do or say anything stupid in that time?
The other partys can’t agree on anything and just dilute the whole thing so sf is the only one large enough to agree with stuff
My guess would be FF improving. That FG slide looks terminal unless they ditch Leo for Simon.
ira never went away you know
Vote Fine Gael
The current government is still more popular than SF (according to this poll)
There up to something
Partially to do with the projection style in the graph
You really feel that any time Eamon Ryan speaks another nail goes in the Greens. Its still going to be tough for SF to beat 2 parties out of a government (not that FF and FG are different) but I think things will change when there’s an election on the horizon.
Hungry mouths to feed……
Might have hit their maximum. Some people will never vote sinn fein.
That FF uptick is absolutely astounding. Obviously defectors from FG. But how can a person just switch from voting for a particular party to their opponent, just like that? Would you not feel like you’re doing a complete 180. You’d want to have a look at yourself.
SF may have hit their peak. Thr IRA etc are a red line issue for lots of people in Ireland. Also, ireland is already very left wing, the prospect of even higher taxes isnt for lots of people.
Theyll do well though because of balls up Successive governments have made of cost of living here, because young people dont remember the Troubles and because theyre better at online marketing
They’ve probably topped out at their maximum level of support at this point in time. There’s a solid ~40% of Irish people who will never, ever, ever vote SF due to their historical association as the political wing of the PIRA. This cohort is aging and will gradually be replaced but you’re looking at another 20-30 years before it really goes away as a factor as those voters age and some die.
The liberal middle class voters who go Labour/Soc Dems/Greens are another 10-20% of the population. That only leaves SF with about 40-50% who will realistically vote for them at this point in time. Out of that they’re getting 34% which isn’t a bad haul actually.
Maybe because those “mouths” are waiting to be fed?
Benefits of being an opposition party all the opinions and media coverage but none of the responsibility