Red C poll - Update - Labour Shifts Even Further To the Right

[Greengoddess]

Probably a political party. But I can think of a lot of different groups and entities who would like to know how Ireland would vote next time around.

Were you just asked about a GE vote, or were there any supplementary questions ?

GE vote next time but also which party I voted for the last two elections. There were other questions about groceries and they all had an intention to spend/consumer confidence trend. I wonder if the questions were meant to be connected with the political one or were they just put in the same poll. It was fortunate that the GE bit was at the end. Otherwise people would be so exhausted they would say they wouldn't vote. Also the pollster wasn't literate enough and asked me to spell certain words! Just shows you how rogue polls would happen.

[Dr. FIVE]

They usually lump in a load of consumer crap with the political stuff.

The papers or parties probably go halves with Tesco or something

[Greengoddess]

Ha! More cronyism....
Questions about radio stations too. They go through every one. I said I only listened to one all the time ( nova) otherwise I would have been there all day.

[homer]

I was polled earlier this year by Red C.

Can't remember all the questions now. they enquired about age, approx income, work, education,whether selfemployed etc, and then went onto various consumer and financial products.

Quite a lot of questions about Aviva, perception of same etc. Told her I had little interest in Aviva because of their lay offs. I went on to say that I still on principle called the Rugby grounds Landsdowne Road rather than Aviva. This seemed to puzzle the pollster and probably wasnt in the script.

She went on a bit about attitude to Aviva. Only for it was Red C and coming to end of a month and therefore likely to be about elections, I would have rung off.

As in other cases mentioned here the voting intentions came at the end. Confirmation of voting at the last election and intention to vote at the next. Cannot remember order in which parties called out - it seemed random rather than alphabetical. Stated voting intentions, whether same as last election. No attempt to steer support to any particular party

The phone call came in the evening, so I had time to deal with it. During day time might be different.

Took some time. Over 15 minutes, Questions read out carefully and clearly, but quick answers before question finished seemed to unsettle the the pollster.

I suggested that they email me the list of questions as we were talking to speed up the process. No way ( there was probably a script attached )

[C. Flower]

Another Red C Poll last week, unpublished, apparently.

Somebody is spending a lot of cash tracking this.

[Greengoddess]

Another Red C Poll last week, unpublished, apparently.

Somebody is spending a lot of cash tracking this.

And it's at the same time as the last one. A kind of private red c tracker. Very odd.

[Spectabilis]

I was polled earlier this year by Red C.

Can't remember all the questions now. they enquired about age, approx income, work, education,whether selfemployed etc, and then went onto various consumer and financial products.

Quite a lot of questions about Aviva, perception of same etc. Told her I had little interest in Aviva because of their lay offs. I went on to say that I still on principle called the Rugby grounds Landsdowne Road rather than Aviva. This seemed to puzzle the pollster and probably wasnt in the script.

She went on a bit about attitude to Aviva. Only for it was Red C and coming to end of a month and therefore likely to be about elections, I would have rung off.

As in other cases mentioned here the voting intentions came at the end. Confirmation of voting at the last election and intention to vote at the next. Cannot remember order in which parties called out - it seemed random rather than alphabetical. Stated voting intentions, whether same as last election. No attempt to steer support to any particular party

The phone call came in the evening, so I had time to deal with it. During day time might be different.

Took some time. Over 15 minutes, Questions read out carefully and clearly, but quick answers before question finished seemed to unsettle the the pollster.

I suggested that they email me the list of questions as we were talking to speed up the process. No way ( there was probably a script attached )

I've only been polled a couple of times this way. Like yourself, I felt the script was the thing and any unexpected or rapid or smart answers could not be handled. Unlike you though I could barely make out what the questions were, as they were read out in the way waiters tell you Today's Specials in a Manhattan restaurant - totally bored or scripts memorised and 'if you stop me i will have to go back to the beginning'.

I have very little respect for the methods in these polls, though I suppose if they call enough people the averaging of responses is of some use. They seem to have had predictive power in the past.

[C. Flower]

And it's at the same time as the last one. A kind of private red c tracker. Very odd.

It is on party support. Someone thinking of a snap election ?

[Saoirse go Deo]

Where did you hear about it?

Snap election would be suicide for labour, might want the figures to point this out to the membership.

I think labour are in the position FF were in, hang on and hope for a miracle.

[Baron von Biffo]

Did we just have an 'Oops, I've just outed someone' moment there?

[Dr. FIVE]

It is on party support. Someone thinking of a snap election ?

crap election surely

[C. Flower]

Did we just have an 'Oops, I've just outed someone' moment there?

More of an oops, I've made an inconsequential post.

The two elected reps I had in mind were a Labour Councillor on twitter, posting under his own name, and our GreenGoddess.

[C. Flower]

crap election surely

Apart from elections, is there any other reason why someone would want to know party support ?

[Baron von Biffo]

More of an oops, I've made an inconsequential post.

The two elected reps I had in mind were a Labour TD on twitter, posting under his own name, and our GreenGoddess.

Conspiracies have been built on less

[Baron von Biffo]

Apart from elections, is there any other reason why someone would want to know party support ?

Someone seeking to prove that a party leader was a liability?