昨日のことですが、この SF の支持率の高さについて考察するスレッドがツイッターで流れてきました。ここ↓から続く一連のスレッド。
SF is now the most popular political party in all public opinion polls.
So, rather than lazily assuming some malevolent manipulation is at hand, if one is serious about winning them back you need to understand how this has happened and who this *third* of voters are.
Indeed if you were to exclude non mass-goers from the 2020 general election, the composition looks remarkably familiar (though not quite) like the old two-and-a-half party system (except SF replacing Labour).
So, more people are more open to supporting a party that is *overtly* defined as left wing. And have they?
Yes. Ireland had much lower levels of support for these parties at about ~15% in the 80s but today is no different from other Euro democracies with ~30% (and rising).