RedC/SBP had a small finding in other polling they conducted for the weekend.
People would be more likely to vote for Bertie Ahern in a presidential election than Gerry Adams, but most do not want either of them in the role, according to the latest Business Post/RedC poll.
All this on foot of rumours Ahern might thrown his hat in the ring, and long standing rumours, usually from those in rival parties that Gerry Adams was thinking of running for President.
A RedC poll for the Business Post asked respondents if they would vote for Adams or Ahern in a two-way run off for the presidential election in 2025.
Some 21 per cent of respondents said they would vote for Ahern, while 19 per cent said they would vote for Adams. However, 59 per cent said that given an option between just the two men, they would vote for neither.
The results suggest there is not much public appetite for either of the former politicians to run for president, despite speculation around their possible candidacy.
Of course, who knows. Much might depend on other candidates. Peter Casey, for example, was making noises about running during the week. Given possible outcomes the voters might welcome Ahern and/or Adams.
Thought this was interesting too:
Ahern also drew his greatest support from his natural political gene pool of Fianna Fáil voters, at 57 per cent. But 40 per cent of Fianna Fáil voters said they would rather vote for neither man, while just 3 per cent said they would vote for Adams.Only 27 per cent of Fine Gael voters said they would vote for Ahern, while only 8 per cent of Fine Gael voters would vote for Adams.
3% of FF voters would vote for Adams and 8% of FG voters. Well now.
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