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News Letter poll on Unionist leadership

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27
1997
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A telephone poll in News Letter, a paper with mainly unionist readership, revealed that 47% of 13,000 readers supported Ian Paisley (DUP), while only 24% supported David Trimble (UUP). The UUP criticised the poll for its unscientific nature.

Source Information

Elliott, S., and W.D. Flackes, Northern Ireland: A Political Directory, 1968-1999 (Belfast, Blackstaff 1999)