Survey results: Which political party has the most participant support?

The ‘state of the nation’ survey – conducted with almost 3,000 farmer participants in recent weeks by AgriLand and Empathy Research – has revealed that 20% of respondents are undecided as to who they would vote for in a general election.

2,921 respondents participated in this broad-ranging, open (online) survey, conducted through AgriLand.

The survey opened on Wednesday, September 11, and closed on Monday, September 16.

In the questionnaire, respondents were asked: “If a general election was to be held tomorrow, who would you give your first preference vote to?”

In terms of party support, Fine Gael just edged out Fianna Fáil with 23% of respondents stating that they would give first preference to Fine Gael.

Meanwhile, 21% said they would support Fianna Fáil in the next election.

A hefty 18% of survey participants said that they would back an independent candidate.

There is a large gap between independent candidates and the next grouping, which was Sinn Féin, to whom some 5% of respondents would give their first vote.

The Green Party, the Independent Alliance, Aontú and “other” parties each received 1% of participants’ backing, while Labour, Renua, Social Democrats and Solidarity – People Before Profit had a 0% following from respondents.

Finally, 3% of participants said they would prefer not to say who they’d vote for, while 5% would not vote at all.