RedC/SBP Poll: FG Up Further; FF Up

Fianna Fáil are seeing something of a bounceback in tomorrow morning’s Sunday Business Post RedC poll.  The numbers, as reported by RTÉ News:

• Fianna Fáil: 30 (+4)
• Fine Gael: 35 (+2)
• Labour Party: 14 (-1)
• Sinn Féin: 8 (-2)
• Green Party: 5 (-1)
• Independent/Others: 8 (-2)

The poll is a week earlier than normal (normally it’s the last weekend of the month, which is next weekend), but this may have been a conscious decision to: a) get a quick poll out to see what’s happening with FF; and b) avoid a poll being taken in the two days after Fine Gael’s National Conference (happening today & tomorrow).

What it shows is that, although the last poll may have exaggerated Fianna Fáil’s collapse a little, it wasn’t entirely wrong (or at least, their collapse has softened a little).  More importantly for Fine Gael, it shows that their rise is solid – and they’re still going up in the polls.  One wonders if this is despite or because of Enda Kenny’s lack of publicity recently.

For Labour, Sinn Féin, Greens and Independents, it’s all well within the margin of error across the two polls.  Sinn Féin may be a little worried that they haven’t capitalised on anything to do with the economic collapse – their natural supporters should be the ones feeling the pinch most.