A re-purposed presidential election campaign poster for Fianna Fáil candidate Jim Gavin spotted in a hedge in west Dublin. Even though Mr Gavin has withdrawn from the election a recent poll suggests 5% of voters plan to vote for him. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien/The Irish Times
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The presidential election is entering its final days and the main takeaway from last week is undoubtedly that massive lead left-wing independent TD Catherine Connolly appears to have built up over rival Heather Humphreys of Fine Gael.
The Irish Times/Ipsos B&A poll last Thursday has Connolly at 38 per cent, almost double Humphreys’ support level of 20 per cent. Fianna Fáil’s Jim Gavin, who has ended his campaign but is still on the ballot paper, was on 5 per cent.
The undecideds stood at 18 per cent, which is a significant proportion of voters, but even if Humphreys won the backing of all of the don’t knows, which would be unlikely to happen, she would only match Connolly’s support level.
The results of the poll suggest a resounding victory by Connolly in Friday’s election.
However, there are still a few
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