Fifth of voters more likely to back SF with McDonald as leader
Younger voters more open to new president Mary Lou McDonald than older voters
Mary Lou McDonald: Among the voters of other parties, she is most attractive to Independent and small-party voters. Photograph: Clodagh Kilcoyne
Over a fifth of all voters say they will be more likely to vote for Sinn Féin when Mary Lou McDonald becomes leader of the party, according to the latest Irish Times/Ipsos MRBI poll.
With Gerry Adams’s retirement as leader of Sinn Féin imminent and Ms McDonald the only candidate to replace him, participants in the latest poll were asked if they were more or less likely to vote for the party with her as leader.