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Daily Archives: December 5, 2015

Irish Polling Indicator: good autumn for Fine Gael

Fine Gael has strengthened its position in the polls over the last few months. At 29% it polls about 3% higher than in July of this year. Independents and small parties went down, however, from 27% to 22% over the same period of time. These are the most important findings from the new Irish Polling…

December 5, 2015 in opinion polls, Uncategorized.

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