TG4 opinion poll in Donegal shows FF may thwart SF’s Dáil hopes
A new opinion poll carried out for TG4 shows that Fianna Fáil is poised to win two seats in Donegal and may well upset Sinn Féin’s plans to take three seats in that newly merged 5 seat constituency.
Veteran FF candidate Pat the Cope Gallagher looks set to make a comeback to Dáil Éireann and there is even a possibility that Sinn Féin might lose one of the two seats it held in the county coming into this election, depending on transfers in the later stages of the count.
With over two weeks left to polling day, it is too early to make definitive pronouncements but FF is performing well ahead of its national vote and, based on these figures, may well take two seats.
With FF polling this well, it is by no means certain that SF will take a second seat, which some commentators have been confidently predicting in view of that party’s loyal following in the county and SF’s progress in national polls during the lifetime of the last Dáil.
SF looks set to take a seat on the first count with Pearse Doherty on 19%.
This is two points over quota and subsequent transfers could make all the difference to Pádraig Mac Lochlainn’s chances of getting a second seat for that party at a later stage of the count.
