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THE FIRST OF three televised debates between the two US presidential nominees took place last night – but which candidate would Ireland elect as leader of the most powerful country on earth?
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are virtually tied in some polls, although others have the former US First Lady leading by over five percentage points.
In a poll conducted by Claire Byrne Live/Amárach for TheJournal.ie, just 6% of the 1,000 people polled would choose Trump as US president.
This includes one in every 10 men polled, and just 3% of women polled.
The poll also has Hillary Clinton winning 78% of the Irish vote – three out of every four men polled, and 81% of women.
A sizeable proportion – 16% said they don’t know, a segment split evenly enough between males (15%) and females (16%).
While the Irish at home are firmly supporting Hillary Clinton – whose husband Bill was instrumental in the Northern peace process during his presidency, clearly not all of the Irish diaspora agrees.
According to a poll run by Irish diaspora site Irish Central, 63% (2,225 voters) said Donald Trump won the first round of last night’s presidential debate, while 32% said Hillary Clinton had the upper hand.
Clinton was also adjudged to have won by the markets, which rallied following her strong showing.
In a snap CNN poll of 521 voters, 62% judged that Clinton had won the debate against 27% for Trump, with most mainstream political analysts agreeing Clinton was the stronger performer.
Yet 61% of voters in a CNBC poll thought that Trump had carried the debate, indicating the polarisation at the heart of the debate.
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Great technology and fantastic to see this in Ireland. How is it being financed ? I see Journal and Journalist bashing busy again here. A strong press is one of the bulwarks against totalitarianism. The weakening of the press is the weakening of democracy and a civilised society.
@On the Up:
Good question! Free service, seemingly.
@On the Up: it’s financed through the industry… but at least you got an excuse to throw a few big words in.
@On the Up: why only now though.all the same great new great technology.
How about not been able to turn off the location tracking from the flight deck. Its bonkers that Google can tell me exactly where I have been been but not planes. Seriously how has this not been fixed yet. Guess there is no extra charge the airlines can come up with for it.
@Vincent #SaveDaredevil: google doesn’t know where you were, it knows where your phone was.
@Pilib: Unless you tow your phone behind you on a 200m rope, then it amounts to the same thing.
@Vincent #SaveDaredevil: Maybe because that’s not how location tracking works on planes? (Nor on your phone when you’re flying 35k feet above the sea, for that matter)
@PedroB: or maybe just turn off location permission on your device from your own cockpit! Then google couldn’t find you either.
Is there a big dial showing how long is ‘A long long way from Clare to here’ in each case?
Very proud that Ireland are hosting / providing this service.
super and long overdue i guess…
Flight radar was good
Nice one
So that’s what those kites are for…
Must be a new day the journal hacks are starting to wake up with cheap storys as usual nothing changes here ha
@Liam Ward: What are you on about? I find this story very interesting, being interested in aviation and all that. Go back to bed.
Born in Australia to Hungarian parents represented Australia until 2012 then switched to representing another country seems almost as bad if not worse than situation in international soccer.
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