AN online poll carried out by the Limerick Post Newspaper reflects voters anger, with a big volume of support for Sinn Féin at local level and a worryingly low tally for Fianna Fail.
The majority of the votes cast were for parties in the Limerick City Constituency, and respondents were allowed to vote only once, with the poll monitored by staff.
The poll, launched this week on the Limerick Post website, asked: ‘How are you planning to vote in the upcoming election”.
With over 600 votes cast up to Wedneday afternoon, support for Sinn Fein stood at 33 per cent, while Fianna Fail were at 10.7 per cent. Fine Gael, favourites to lead a new coalition government, were in second place on 23.7 per cent, and potential partners Labour were third on 12.7 per cent.
However, the current support for Sinn Fein is most unlikely to be reflected on polling day. The party is also doing well nationally but not near the same level as our poll suggests.
Over 5.7 per cent said that they would vote for an Independent candidate.
4.3 per cent said that they would give their vote to the newly formed United Left Alliance, who have one candidate in the Socialist Party’s Cian Prendeville.
A further 9.9 per cent declared they were undecided.
A poll carried out by Irish Independent/Millward Brown Lansdowne survey showed Sinn Féin with 13 per cent of support, or a total 22 seats in the new Dáil. Their poll was taken from a sample of 1.022 adults. Fine Gael were on 30 per cent, and Fianna Fail in third place on 16 per cent.
The vast majority who voted on the Limerick Post website were from IP addresses in Limerick and Ireland, with a number from exiles in Canada and the USA, including Chicago, New Jersey and New Orleans.
Readers are reminded that the poll was not officially commissioned and is based on Limerick Post website interactions.
