Latest Polls

RED C is the most frequently published and respected political pollster in Ireland. We publish political tracking polls for our key client The Sunday Business Post on a monthly basis, as well as conducting polls for other media sources, betting groups, political parties and candidates.

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Water charges negate benefits of positive budget

Question: How do you spoil the positive impact of the first non-austerity budget in years? Answer: Start the process of charging people for water at pretty much the same time,…

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Early signals that recovering economy could benefit government parties

The first poll after the summer recess, suggests that a good summer, from both a weather and an economic narrative point of view, has benefited the government parties. Fine Gael…

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Consumer mood impacts political landscape – latest SBP tracking poll Jun 2014

Vote intentions just five weeks after the local and European Elections, see Government parties in better position than they had been just after the elections. Fine Gael return to solid…

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Labour support collapse as voters await new leader

Fine Gael and Labour both suffer heavy declines in support in the first RED C poll following the Local and European Elections, conducted for Paddy Power. The Labour fall is…

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Candidate polling – Euro Elections 2014

With the European Elections just three weeks away the Sunday Business Post commissioned RED C to conduct a series of constituency polls across the three European constituencies. Below is are…

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“Gardagate” knocks government support

The government parties have both suffered a drop in public support as the fallout from the controversies surrounding the Garda Commissioner and Alan Shatter continue to reverberate. This months RED…

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SBP Feb 14 – GE vote intentions steady

Vote intentions seen in the most recent Sunday Business Post/ RED C tracking poll see little change, apart from a reversal of shifts in support seen in January. Despite the…

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Independent candidates the antidote to the party machine?

The good times didn’t last very long for the government parties, with gains seen following the exit from the bailout mechanism short lived in the face of day to day…

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Gains for government parties suggest potential for future growth

So a good poll for Labour arrives, after six months of a progressive downward trend in support that has seen many of the party faithful questioning the direction the party…

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Lack of perceived “fairness” in budget hurts labour

Much of the talk before the Budget was announced was the need for Labour to get some wins with voters out of the Budget, and so halt the recent declining…

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Importance of perceived economic competence on voter support

The state of the economy and how a party is perceived in terms of their economic competence is a key influence on voter behaviour. Recent evidence of this link was…

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Government parties under pressure

Despite a month which has seen much talk of possible green shoots of recovery in the economy, it is the government parties that remain under pressure in this most recent…

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