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Irish Election Political Performance Index Janurary
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Every Month we run the Irish Election Political Performance Index. Please helps us by taking our rate-the-politicians survey it should only take a minute or 2.
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What about the politicians that are not listed. Why James Reilly and Jan O’Sullivan and not other spokespersons?
Jan O’Sullivan is the deputy leader of Labour.
James Reilly is health spokesman which is one of the bigger profile positions. We could have put in all spokespersons and minsters but thought that would be far to big of a list to ask people to answer. Think about it probably close to half the dail is a minister or spokesperson or junior minister etc. But if you think differently lets us know we might expand it next month it is not something set in stone.
Jan O Sullivan is not the Deputy Leader of Labour, Joan Burton is.
Maybe a way round the ‘too big a list’ problem would be to to have a core list of politicians such as party leaders, finance, environment, health and enterprise and employment ministers and opposition spokespersons that are included in every poll and an ‘add-on’ list that varies on a quarterly basis depending on key political issues that are current. For example, the EU Reform Treaty will be a major theme in Irish politics up to the referendum on March 9th. Another option might be to allow survey respondents to nominate and rate the performance of a ‘wild card’ politician who is not on the ‘core list’ but has been prominent on some issue in that particular month?
Ah good point Veronica Jan lost the deputy leadership
Interesting idea’s will take them on board
I think Veronica’s suggestion is a good one.