"Soc Dems should forget propping up Sinn Féin and seize opportunity to lead the soft left"
"Two by-elections will be held in May. Last week, two opinion polls made grim reading for the leaders of all three main political parties."
"Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are becalmed, bouncing along below 20pc. Sinn Féin is doing marginally better, scoring 20pc in the Sunday Independent/Ireland Thinks poll while reaching 24pc in the Irish Times/Ipsos B&A rival. The polls present an awkward problem for all three: whose picture will they put on the posters for the May battles?"
Two by-elections will be held in May. Recent opinion polls show Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael languishing below twenty percent while Sinn Féin polls around twenty to twenty-four percent across surveys. The Social Democrats face a strategic choice between supporting Sinn Féin or asserting leadership of the soft left. Poll results raise uncertainty about candidate visibility and campaign messaging for the May contests. Low and shifting support among major parties could open space for smaller parties or new leadership to reshape centre-left and soft-left voter alignment.
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