Comments on: Sunday Business Post Red C Poll http://www.irishelection.com/2009/05/sunday-business-post-red-c-poll-2/ Coverage of Irish Politics, News and Current Affairs Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:43:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Election Diary 30.05.09 - Bank Holiday Weekend edition - The Limerick Blogger Archive http://www.irishelection.com/2009/05/sunday-business-post-red-c-poll-2/comment-page-1/#comment-121169 Election Diary 30.05.09 - Bank Holiday Weekend edition - The Limerick Blogger Archive Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:59:51 +0000 http://www.irishelection.com/?p=6077#comment-121169 [...] Poll shows Fianna Fail at 21 percent click. [...] [...] Poll shows Fianna Fail at 21 percent click. [...]

]]> By: FutureTaoiseach http://www.irishelection.com/2009/05/sunday-business-post-red-c-poll-2/comment-page-1/#comment-119434 FutureTaoiseach Sun, 31 May 2009 06:57:59 +0000 http://www.irishelection.com/?p=6077#comment-119434 Okay here the national figures for the locals and euros: Also, the figures for the locals and the euros differentiate as follows: Locals: FF: 20% FG 32% Labour 17% SF 10% Greens 4% Ind 17% Euros: FF: 20% FG: 34% Labour: 14% SF: 9% Greens: 4% Libertas: 4% Ind 15% Almost all the Libertas support is in the NW constituency, where Richard Colwell of Red C says he is in with a shout of taking the third seat: "Liam Aylward is still in with a fighting chance for the third seat in the East constituency...Libertas support does appear to be on an upward trend...Almost all of this support is for the party's founder, Declan Ganley, who, based on the poll's constituency-figures, could yet be in with a shout to take a seat in the North West. This is a significant gain in two weeks and means he is a real threat to Gallagher, O'Reilly and Independent Marian Harkin...Harkin does remain in the running for a seat in the North West constituency, but could suffer at the hands of Libertas." Okay here the national figures for the locals and euros:

Also, the figures for the locals and the euros differentiate as follows:

Locals:
FF: 20%
FG 32%
Labour 17%
SF 10%
Greens 4%
Ind 17%

Euros:
FF: 20%
FG: 34%
Labour: 14%
SF: 9%
Greens: 4%
Libertas: 4%
Ind 15%

Almost all the Libertas support is in the NW constituency, where Richard Colwell of Red C says he is in with a shout of taking the third seat:

“Liam Aylward is still in with a fighting chance for the third seat in the East constituency…Libertas support does appear to be on an upward trend…Almost all of this support is for the party’s founder, Declan Ganley, who, based on the poll’s constituency-figures, could yet be in with a shout to take a seat in the North West. This is a significant gain in two weeks and means he is a real threat to Gallagher, O’Reilly and Independent Marian Harkin…Harkin does remain in the running for a seat in the North West constituency, but could suffer at the hands of Libertas.”

]]> By: FutureTaoiseach http://www.irishelection.com/2009/05/sunday-business-post-red-c-poll-2/comment-page-1/#comment-119416 FutureTaoiseach Sat, 30 May 2009 22:18:37 +0000 http://www.irishelection.com/?p=6077#comment-119416 Because of the greater detail. I have quoted him on my blog. Because of the greater detail. I have quoted him on my blog.

]]> By: WorldbyStorm http://www.irishelection.com/2009/05/sunday-business-post-red-c-poll-2/comment-page-1/#comment-119411 WorldbyStorm Sat, 30 May 2009 21:42:55 +0000 http://www.irishelection.com/?p=6077#comment-119411 Ah give it a rest FT. The conspiracy theory stuff is so ridiculous, not least because at this stage with less than a week to go it would reflect ridiculously badly on RedC if such a divergence were to be seen between what they reflected now and what actually happened. Look, I'm all for loyalty, but there is a point where you should just accept that the IT doesn't indicate any swing, etc... it's unlikely that we'll see an amazing shift to DG. And the problem is, as on the CLR thread you then build these huge castles in the sky from rumour. Why should you believe a person who *claims* to be an SBP mole any more than you trusted KerryNorth? Ah give it a rest FT. The conspiracy theory stuff is so ridiculous, not least because at this stage with less than a week to go it would reflect ridiculously badly on RedC if such a divergence were to be seen between what they reflected now and what actually happened. Look, I’m all for loyalty, but there is a point where you should just accept that the IT doesn’t indicate any swing, etc… it’s unlikely that we’ll see an amazing shift to DG. And the problem is, as on the CLR thread you then build these huge castles in the sky from rumour. Why should you believe a person who *claims* to be an SBP mole any more than you trusted KerryNorth?

]]> By: FutureTaoiseach http://www.irishelection.com/2009/05/sunday-business-post-red-c-poll-2/comment-page-1/#comment-119410 FutureTaoiseach Sat, 30 May 2009 21:16:17 +0000 http://www.irishelection.com/?p=6077#comment-119410 A Sunday Business Post mole on politics.ie is claiming his newspaper is set to suppress regional-figures from tomorrow's Red C poll on the euro-election, which place Declan Ganley on 16% in Northwest. Apparently, the newspaper will acknowledge the swing, but not it's scale. Pressure needs to be brought to bear on the newspaper, in the interests of transparency and with due consideration of the gravity of the issues at stake (including the foremost question of the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty), to follow its standard practice with the previous euro-election polls this year by releasing the regional-breakdown. A failure to do so, especially in the context of a critique of Ganley's stance on neutrality in tomorrow's newspaper, can only call into question the impartiality of the publication. A Sunday Business Post mole on politics.ie is claiming his newspaper is set to suppress regional-figures from tomorrow’s Red C poll on the euro-election, which place Declan Ganley on 16% in Northwest. Apparently, the newspaper will acknowledge the swing, but not it’s scale. Pressure needs to be brought to bear on the newspaper, in the interests of transparency and with due consideration of the gravity of the issues at stake (including the foremost question of the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty), to follow its standard practice with the previous euro-election polls this year by releasing the regional-breakdown. A failure to do so, especially in the context of a critique of Ganley’s stance on neutrality in tomorrow’s newspaper, can only call into question the impartiality of the publication.

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