{"id":599,"date":"2018-02-18T09:14:01","date_gmt":"2018-02-18T14:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=599"},"modified":"2018-02-18T09:14:01","modified_gmt":"2018-02-18T14:14:01","slug":"fine-gael-support-on-the-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=599","title":{"rendered":"Fine Gael Support on the Rise"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Two new opinion polls show Fine Gael have opened up a gap as the most popular party in the country.<\/p>\n

They have an eight to 11-point lead over Fianna F\u00e1il.<\/p>\n

There are two new polls this morning – a Behaviour and Attitudes survey for the Sunday Times and the Sunday Independent’s Kantar Milward Brown poll.<\/p>\n

Both place Fine Gael on 36% support, with Fianna F\u00e1il on 25% in one and 28% in the other.<\/p>\n

Averaging Sinn F\u00e9in’s totals would see Mary Lou McDonald’s party on 18% support, while Labour still have seen no increase in support, on 5% in the Times poll and 4% in the Independent.<\/p>\n

Solidarity People Before Profit are between one and three points.<\/p>\n

Both put the Social Democrats poll at 1%, the Green Party are between 1 and 2 points, and 3-4% support for the Independent Alliance.<\/p>\n

Independents are polling between 6% and 9%.<\/p>\n

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