3,681,543 people are registered to vote in Friday’s General Election with expectations that the turnout may struggle to reach above the 62% that voted in February 2020. Since the start of the year 428,073 new applications have been registered with the Electoral Commission. The national outcome is too close to call and here in Donegal, the Tirconaill Tribune poll reveals that there will be three candidates battling for the two final seats. Last week’s opinion poll was conducted between Wednesday and Friday and 872 people participated. Around 40% were undecided and are not included in the poll. The poll suggests that SF will retain their two seats while Pat the Cope Gallagher is the leading FF candidate. The poll was completed seven days out from the election and it shows the state of the parties with SF on 41.71% - down 3.39% since 2020 and Pearse Doherty has a share of 26.1%. It’s as close as it can get to his actual vote in 2020 when he got 21,044. Fianna Fail is on 22.71% which is up by 2.29% since the last general election. Pat the Cope Gallagher is on 13.88% with Minister Charlie McConalogue on 8.03%.
