You would have to peer very hard to see a trend of any consequence in these numbers. For the “seismic shift” argument to have any credibility, therefore, you have to accept the proposition that the 7 per cent increase in the Fianna Fáil vote, as well as the 10.5 per cent slump in support for Fine Gael, represents, as one analyst wrote yesterday, a significant shift in the political value base of voters.
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