Support for Fianna Fail is way up according to the latest Sunday Times/Behaviour & Attitudes opinion poll.
The party has risen two points to 24% after December's budget, while Fine Gael has fallen four points to 26%. Labour is down one to 11% while Sinn Fein has risen five points to 19%
Party leader Micheal Martin's rating is up to 48%, an eight point increse from 42% in November. His current rating is five points clear of Sinn Fein’s Gerry Adams and nine points ahead of the taoiseach and Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny.
The survey was conducted by telephone on January 15-21 among 916 eligible voters. The poll has a 3.3% margin of error.
“The single most significant factor influencing public opinion during the course of fieldwork for the poll will have been the measures introduced in the 2013 budget,” said Ian McShane, the managing director of Behaviour and Attitudes, the market research company.
“While a drop of four points in party support is significant, Fine Gael will take some comfort from the fact that its support among white-collar and professional workers, as well as within the Dublin region, remains unchanged since our last poll.
“The growth in Fianna Fail’s support continues apace, most notably among males, those aged over 55, blue-collar workers and those whose household relies on state benefits.”
Meanwhile, government satisfaction has fallen four points to 22%, its lowest level so far, showing that nearly 3 out of 4 voters are dissatisfied with the government's performance.
One-third of voters have said they are undecided as to which party or independent candidate they would vote for in the event of an election, suggesting that the electorate remains volatile, and that ratings are likely to ebb and flow as events unfold throughout 2013, with much depending on government efforts to secure relief on the country’s massive debt burden.
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.anglo-norman | Jan 29, 2013, 05:52 PM EST
Beyond Stupidity
curtisjohnson | Jan 29, 2013, 03:43 PM EST
Fianna failure.
gobdawpaddy | Jan 29, 2013, 02:15 PM EST
I agree with several earlier contributors. I used to care also, but if the Irish electorate are dumb enough to lend support to fianna fail, the party that destroyed their country, let them off, they deserve anything that transpires. Too stupid to be wasting our oxygen.
molliepmac | Jan 29, 2013, 12:21 PM EST
Are FF behind the plans for a giant Wind Farm to be constructed in the Irish Midlands soley to supply the UK. .This was widely reported by the BBC but not the Irish Media.
angrypaddy | Jan 29, 2013, 02:33 AM EST
How PATHETIC a nation of Moron's I used to feel sorry for them now for all i care they can eat S@#t and die
cillowen | Jan 28, 2013, 10:03 PM EST
Understandable with joy of Queenie's coming and DEV being England's Greatest Spy.
CaoimhinMc | Jan 28, 2013, 08:15 PM EST
What sort of Moron's would even vote for Fianna Mafia even in a poll. Are they insane or just to dumb. The corrupt Bankers must be rejoicing at this news, a few more years at they can screw the simple Irish again.
aloistmartin | Jan 28, 2013, 07:54 PM EST
Is there no humiliation of Hypocrisy or Disaffection, the Opportunist Middle Classes will not stoop to, in order to escape the Sacrifice and Contrition of a just Society ! ... Or do these Consumer Comfort creatures actually believe everything they read about Gerry Adams in the British Press ?
petbra | Jan 28, 2013, 12:59 PM EST
That is scary. The gang that surrendered our sovereignty and ran to the Cayman Islands with their big money bags are on their way to ruling us again. How gullible can Paddy be?
Seanmor | Jan 28, 2013, 12:31 PM EST
It would be interesting to discover the publics opoinion on the 50,000 plus young, educated, skillful Irish people who are forced to immigrate while an approximate number of foreigners - East Europeans, Arabs, Indians and Africas - entered the Irish state as permanent residents.