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President Michael D Higgins is heading for a landslide re-election, according to a new poll.<\/p>\nPresident Michael D Higgins is heading for a landslide re-election, according to a new poll.<\/p>\n
A Sunday Business Post\/Red C poll on the presidential election released today puts the incumbent as the front-runner on 67% support.<\/p>\n
The opinion poll puts businessman Sean Gallagher in second place on 15% ahead of fellow Dragon’s Den star Gavin Duffy on 6%.<\/p>\n
The as-yet-unnamed Sinn F\u00e9in candidate, set to be announced this afternoon, was chosen by 7% of the respondents, while Senator Joan Freeman comes fifth in the poll with 3% support.<\/p>\n
The poll was conducted over a seven-day period, starting on Thursday, September 6 and ending last Thursday.<\/p>\n
In a separate Sunday Business Post\/Red C poll which was completed ahead of the new D\u00e1il term, support for<\/p>\n
Fianna F\u00e1il was found to have dropped to its lowest support level in a year.<\/p>\n
The poll asked participants which party or independent they would give their vote to if a general election was held tomorrow.<\/p>\n
Just 22% picked Miche\u00e1l Martin’s party as their first choice which represents a three-point drop.<\/p>\n
Fine Gael are now on 33%, some 11 points clear of their nearest rivals, despite dropping one point in this poll.<\/p>\n
Sinn F\u00e9in are down two points in this survey to 14% while Labour remains rooted on 6%.<\/p>\n
Independents are up 4 points to 13%, with the Independent Alliance on 4%.<\/p>\n
The Social Democrats, Solidarity PBP and the Green Party have 2% support each with Renua on 1%.<\/p>\n