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POLL BY TRINITY NEWS PROJECTS A LANDSLIDE WIN FOR JENNY MAGUIRE AGAINST opponent Ralph Balfe in the Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) presidential race, who is likely to secure the highest winning margin of any presidential candidate in recent years. Eoghan Gilroy leads Sé Ó hEidhin by almost 40% in the education race, while Hamza Bana and Beth Strahan are the frontrunners in the highlycontested welfare & equality and communications & marketing races, respectively. Both uncontested candidates, Peadar Walsh for entertainment (Ents) officer and Pádraig Mac Brádaigh for Irish language officer, are on the course for a comfortable win, while the race for University Times (UT) editor between Charlie Hastings and Brídín Ní FherraighJoyce remains too close to call. The poll was conducted among a representative sample of 724
students between February 19 and 23, with the margin of error estimated at plus or minus 5%. President Jenny Maguire is set to receive an overwhelming majority of first preference votes in the race for president. The former gender equality received 81.7% of first preferences among decided voters polled, while 13.9% of respondents indicated they would cast their vote for Ralph Balfe. Just 4.4% of respondents intend to vote to reopen nominations in the election for the union’s most senior role. Maguire leads by a comfortable majority among all demographic groups, which grows to almost 90% among female and nonbinary students and respondents who indicated they would vote for a left-wing party in a general election. Balfe, conversely, is
strongest among male voters and respondents who indicated they would vote for a centre-right or right-wing party, though Maguire still leads among these groups. Male respondents are significantly more likely to vote to re-open nominations (RON) across all races, a pattern which may also translate into support for joke candidates. Maguire’s lead reflects an unconventional race, in which her opponent has primarily supported rather than challenged her candidacy. With only 27% of respondents undecided, and Balfe’s campaign attracting voters who might otherwise have voted RON, the race for president appears headed for a landslide victory for Maguire. Education In the first contested race for
education officer since 2021, Eoghan Gilroy holds a sizable lead over Sé Ó hEidhin, polling at 65.4%. Ó hEidhin received 26.1% of first preferences, while 8.5% of respondents indicated they would vote RON in this race. Although current Arts, Humanities and Social Science (AHSS) convenor Gilroy leads among all demographics, Ó hEidhin is most popular with STEM students and students who indicated they would vote for a left-wing party, polling at 40.1% with both groups. A strong STEM turnout could narrow the gap between the two candidates, and with almost 53% of respondents undecided in this race, there’s room for Ó hEidhin to win over voters before the polls *+$!#$,&-.+$./01&.233