Ireland General Discussion

[brucejoel99]

Behaviour & Attitudes for the Sunday Times:

FF 30 (+2)
FG 26 (+3)
SF 14 (+2)
Ind/Oth 12 (-4)
GP 7 (-4)
Lab 5 (-)
SP/SWP 2 (-)
SD 1 (-)
Aontú 1 (-)
Renua 1 (-)

Green and Independent surges subside a little, mainly to the benefit of FG and SF respectively.

This is the 4th poll in a row that B&A have had FF as (or tied for) the most popular party, & they're still the only major polling organization that's showing this. Take their findings with a grain of salt until the next RedC or Ipsos/MRBI poll comes out.

[brucejoel99]

"All the undecideds are actually secret social conservatives" comes to Ireland?

That wasn’t the case in the abortion referendum, but it was certainly so in the gay marriage referendum. Given those 2 votes still resulted in a clear victory for the ‘progressive’ side, it seems yesterdays votes were more to do with the public being asked to vote on purely symbolic changes while an unpopular government refuses to tackle the issues they actually care about.

Not just purely symbolic, but literally codifying that unpopular refusal to actually meaningfully tackle this issue with an explicitly neoliberal & pro-privatization emphasis that the state lacks social-care responsibilities.. Classic Leo Varadkar!