The Sunday Independent/Ireland Thinks opinion poll has recorded a massive seven point drop to 22pc in voter support for Sinn Féin in the last week of the local and European election campaign. This is a 15 point drop in Sinn Féin’s record high of support in October 2022 when the party commanded 37pc of voter support. Mary Lou McDonald’s party is now neck and neck with Taoiseach Simon Harris’s Fine Gael who are up three points to 22pc in the last month. However, the poll showed the most popular option for voters ahead of next week’s elections is Independent/others who have increased support by four points to 23pc. Despite their dramatic fall in support, Sinn Féin are expected to make gains in council seats as they took less than 10pc of the vote in 2019.

Source: Irish Independent June 01, 2024 17:19 UTC