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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12.01.2012Latest Paddy Power/ Red C poll – Jan 2012
Despite negative media surrounding both the household charge and the tax claims against pensioners, the two government parties come out of today’s poll in relatively good positions. Both Fine Gael…
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05.12.2011Government support under pressure – SBP poll Dec 2011
In the first Sunday Business Post / RED C poll since the Presidential Election, there is evidence that the government parties are coming under pressure. Fine Gael remain the largest…
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04.11.2011What sways the voters? Letter to the Irish Times
Sir, – Headline: Election-skewing nature of media comment should not be ignored. This could so easily have been the title of the piece written by John Waters (“Election-skewing nature of…
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02.11.2011Innovation & accuracy – in RTE recall poll
RED C Research proved its credentials for research innovation and accuracy again last week, by using a totally new approach to measure voter behaviour at the Presidential Elections. Having decided…
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01.11.2011Recall poll shows how Higgins won election
The RED C Recall Poll for RTE showed clearly how voters switched away from Sean Gallagher directly to Michael D Higgins in the final week of the election. The poll…
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25.10.2011Gallagher leads final Red C poll
Sean Gallagher has cemented his lead in the race for the presidential election, according to the latest Sunday Business Post / RED C poll, with less than a week to…
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25.10.2011Will Gallagher lose votes? If so, who gains?
There is significant expectation that Sean Gallagher may well lose supporters following last nights debate, where he was confronted by Martin McGuinness about collecting money for Fianna Fail. The question is will…
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17.10.2011Gallagher surges into lead
Sean Gallagher surges into the lead in the race for the Aras, after an astonishing gain in support from the electorate again in this week’s Sunday Business Post/ RED C…
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06.10.2011Higgins still in the lead, but Gallagher makes gains
The latest presidential poll show Michael D. Higgins very much still in the driving seat to become the next President of Ireland. He takes 25% first preference share, up 7%…
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26.09.2011Norris leads, but Higgins still in driving seat
This months tracking poll included detailed analysis of the Presidential election. With the field to be decided two sets of candidate lists were tested, the first included those already nominated,…
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26.09.2011Is the honeymoon over for Fine Gael and Labour?
This months RED C /Sunday Business Post Tracking poll, conducted between the 19th and 21st September suggests that the honeymoon for the government parties may well be over. After the visits…
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08.09.2011Michael D Higgins leads the race for president
Michael D Higgins leads the race for president in the latest Paddy Power/RED C poll taken between the 5th and 7th Sept. This is the first poll that only includes those…