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Westmeath Examiner Polls

Please see below for all current polls on the Westmeath Examiner website. If you have already voted on any of our polls you may not be able to vote again.

POLL: How worried are you about your home being broken into?

Poll ended 5th April, 2010

The results were:

  • 1. Not worried at all.

    6.8%

  • 2. Less worried since I beefed up security at home.

    4.5%

  • 3. I think about it, but am not unduly worried.

    4.5%

  • 4. Quite concerned

    9.1%

  • 5. Very fearful

    75.0%

POLL: Who would you vote for if there was an election tomorrow?

Poll ended 29th March, 2010

The results were:

  • 1. Fianna Fail

    6.6%

  • 2. Fine Gael

    14.8%

  • 3. Labour

    9.8%

  • 4. Other

    6.6%

  • 5. I wouldn't vote at all

    62.3%

POLL: Should pubs be allowed open on Good Friday?

Poll ended 23rd March, 2010

The results were:

  • 1. Yes

    38.8%

  • 2. No

    30.6%

  • 3. Not Sure

    30.6%

POLL: Vote for your Westmeath Examiner Special Recognition Award Nominee

Poll ended 9th April, 2010

The results were:

  • 1. Hubert Magee – Mullingar Town Band

    20.3%

  • 2. JP Donleavy – Author

    3.9%

  • 3. RSM Noel O'Callaghan - RSM Mullingar army barracks

    21.4%

  • 4. Sean Lynch – Mullingar Arts Centre

    41.7%

  • 5. Sister Finbar – Women’s Community Project Parish Ctr

    12.8%

POLL: Are you in favour of the windfarm proposed for Gaybrook?

Poll ended 13th March, 2010

The results were:

  • 1. Very much in favour

    7.0%

  • 2. Totally opposed

    91.7%

  • 3. Unsure

    1.3%

POLL: Are we paying too much for our medicines from Irish pharmacies?

Poll ended 10th February, 2010

The results were:

  • 1. Yes

    68.8%

  • 2. No

    6.3%

  • 3. I don't know

    25.0%

POLL: Headshops are in the news this week. Do you think:

Poll ended 3rd February, 2010

The results were:

  • 1. They should be better regulated

    3.4%

  • 2. They should be closed

    27.6%

  • 3. If what they are selling is legal, why close them?

    10.3%

  • 4. What's all the fuss about?

    58.6%

POLL: Did Westmeath County Council do enough during the water crisis?

Poll ended 26th January, 2010

The results were:

  • 1. Yes they were excellent in difficult circumstances

    26.1%

  • 2. They did their best but it really wasn't enough

    8.7%

  • 3. I thought they failed to respond adequately

    13.0%

  • 4. The Council was responsible for much of the problem

    52.2%

POLL: Vote for your Westmeath Examiner Readers' Choice Sports Star of the Year 2009 award

Poll ended 4th February, 2010

The results were:

  • 1. January: Kathryn Nea

    4.1%

  • 2. Feb: Darren McCormack

    2.0%

  • 3. March: Mullingar Hockey Club

    1.4%

  • 4. April: Barry Kelly

    5.4%

  • 5. May: Westmeath Under 16 Camogie Team

    83.8%

  • 6. June: Jake Byrne/Shane Fitzsimons

    3.4%

POLL: Are we going to trounce Dublin on Sunday?

Poll ended 27th June, 2009

The results were:

  • 1. No doubt about it!

    40.0%

  • 2. Maybe

    20.0%

  • 3. Not a hope

    40.0%

POLL: Do you think the voting age should be lowered from 18 to 16?

Poll ended 20th May, 2009

The results were:

  • 1. Yes

    6.3%

  • 2. No

    93.8%

  • 3. Don't know

    0%

POLL: What's Westmeath's best tourist attraction?

Poll ended 12th May, 2009

The results were:

  • 1. Belvedere House

    53.8%

  • 2. The lakes

    23.1%

  • 3. Fore Abbey

    19.2%

  • 4. Locke's Museum Distillery in Kilbeggan

    3.8%

  • 5. Hill of Uisneach

    0%

POLL: How worried are you about Swine Flu?

Poll ended 5th May, 2009

The results were:

  • 1. I don't know enough about it

    6.3%

  • 2. I am very worried

    21.7%

  • 3. I think it has all been blown out of proportion

    33.5%

  • 4. I am not so worried

    23.5%

  • 5. What will be will be!

    14.9%

POLL: What do you think of our new-look website?

Poll ended 12th May, 2009

The results were:

  • 1. I like it!

    75.1%

  • 2. Preferred the old one

    15.9%

  • 3. What new look website?

    9.1%

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