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IrishCentral polling Irish Americans on voting preference in US election

Will Barack Obama or Mitt Romney be the choice of Irish America this election?

JAMES O'SHEA,

IrishCentral Staff Writer

Published Tuesday, October 30, 2012, 6:36 AM

Updated Tuesday, October 30, 2012, 9:44 AM

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IrishCentral ask Irish Americans - "Who are you voting for?"

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Starting today, IrishCentral, in conjunction with Amarach Research, is conducting the first ever poll of Irish Americans in a presidential election.

We are asking our readers to participate.

Amarach Research is a major Irish polling research firm which has worked with the Irish government among many other clients.

“This is an exciting project undertaken with Ireland’s premier research company,” said founder of IrishCentral Niall O’Dowd.

“There has been much speculation both here and in Ireland how Irish Americans would vote in this election and this will give us a solid indication.”

“We are delighted to create this poll in conjunction with IrishCentral and its 1.5 million unique visitors every month,” said Michael Mcloughlin, Chief Executive of Amarach research. “It will give us invaluable insight into the Irish American mind set before this critical election.”

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The poll is a simple series of brief questions that will take no more than five minutes to complete and asks which candidate, Mitt Romney or Barack Obama or other, that the person will support.

Results will be made available later this week and will be tabulated. There has never been a scientific poll of Irish Americans done in a presidential election, making this a first.

“We are urging all our readers to participate” said Niall O’Dowd, “This is an important insight into how Irish America is thinking about the most critical election of our times.”

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MICHEAL | Nov 01, 2012, 04:47 PM EDT

I have been trying to register my vote & keep getting the message that it is not up. I will use here to note my vote for Obama. I cannot believe that people cannot wee all the LIES & distortions given by Romney. As a Catholic, I view all the good things that Obama has done for those in the middle class to improve their lives.

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cillowen | Oct 31, 2012, 09:22 AM EDT

how would the joe smith jr 47%er man be able to look traumatized people in the face - he might lay some of his accumulated bread on them. Why his buddy Trump is not out there helping folks at this time speaks to the caring of birds in common.

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hollabackgurl | Oct 31, 2012, 09:19 AM EDT

What do we know about Romney's tax plans? Nothing. What do we know about his own taxes? Nothing. What do we know about his position as a Bishop of the Mormon Church? Nothing. What do we know about his core values? Nothing. What do we know about his foreign policy goals? Nothing. (Also I am sick of the unthinking asshats who consider themselves and their candidates 'real Americans' and everyone else an illegal immigrant, to them I say take a hike, esp on November 7).

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borefield | Oct 31, 2012, 05:19 AM EDT

One question was " when did you know who you were going to vote for" among the choices was "other" with an explanation, I Checked that box, wrote my reason, guess what it would not accept it ..I did choose another answer. My real answer is, Four Years Ago! We must get a new administration in the government before our country is completely destroyed.

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like2tweet | Oct 31, 2012, 03:25 AM EDT

It is a poll that will measure irish American sentiment nothing more nothing less

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IrishAndProud | Oct 30, 2012, 06:47 PM EDT

Okay...I see how this 'poll' is being conducted. It's on IC's home page, and lets people say they're eligible to vote in the USA with no way to verify it, and lets them tell you which party if any they belong to -- again, with no way to verify that. Not very scientific, with certainly a potential for not being very accurate. A scientific poll will sample voters based on party affiliation (information they have, beforehand), from voter rolls (which prove the person's an eligible voter). Oh...and just to see what would happen, I just walked across the hallway and went to IC on another computer -- sure enough, it would have let me take the same poll all over again (which I did not). So additionally, it will allow multiple entries from the same person, on different computers. Not...very...scientific.

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mairint | Oct 30, 2012, 06:08 PM EDT

Romney will win.......enough Americans are truly American at heart and will not betray their country. Surely the Irish realize what patriotism means. Even in the strong Catholic days of Irish history the people put in the best man even if he were not Catholic himself. Just read what the SEALS say about their so-called Commander in Chief and how Obama betrayed their fellow soldiers.

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IrishAndProud | Oct 30, 2012, 05:03 PM EDT

It will depend on where you conduct this poll. If you quiz Americans of Irish descent in places like NYC or Massachussetts, chances are you'll find that it's overwhelmingly in favor of the most non-Irish man to ever occupy the White House (Barack Obama). But if you do the poll nationwide and truly broad and reflective, it will almost certainly mirror every other national poll out there, which has Mitt Romney ahead (and expanding his lead). Even National Public Radio now has Romney leading Obama (for the first time, with them), in a newly-released poll...and being extremely left-wing (sort of like the bulk at IrishCentral) -- in other words, NOT even remotely reflective of the American electorate as a whole -- that says something. So, hopefully, this will be done, with this 'Irish poll'...but knowing certain people at Irish Central, I don't exactly hold my breath. It's irrelevant, either way, though -- unless something changes rather drastically, Romney's the next President.

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Maureen15 | Oct 30, 2012, 01:06 PM EDT

Is the date on this poll correct...Nov. 30th?

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FastEddy | Oct 30, 2012, 12:15 PM EDT

Not much choice here. All republicrat or not possible to answer any alternatives. One has more choices in lefty loosey SF Chronicle or Oreilly Factor click and touts ... We could have had Ron Paul!

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hermitTalker | Oct 30, 2012, 09:49 AM EDT

if they poll IC readers only that is not scientific as it does not discriminate between various groups, as GOP, DEM. church-attendees Cath and Prot. Irish resident or USA, Irish born or USA-born and so on.

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JimmieM | Oct 30, 2012, 09:25 AM EDT

So? are you guys going to do a honest poll or are you going to just make one up for The Obama...like the polls over here?

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