Irish voters tilt towards a ‘Yes' for the Lisbon treaty

By Judith Crosbie - 30.07.2009 / 05:05 CET

Voters will ‘not punish the government'; Fine Gael will go door-to-door.

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Then And now

Opinion polls ahead of 2 October 2009 referendum:

                       For          Against          Don't know
1 June           54%        28%                18%

18 May          52%        29%                19%

16 February 51%        33%                16%

Opinion polls ahead of 12 June 2008 referendum:

                       For          Against          Don't know
6 June           30%         35%               35%

17 May          35%         18%               47%

26 January    26%         10%               64%

52.5% of voters rejected the Lisbon treaty on 12 June 2008

Source: Irish Times, TNS mrbi polls