For proof, one only has to consider the events that followed the most recent general election. (totalpolitics.com)
Meanwhile, before this week Bloomberg had already opened a nearly twenty - point lead over Spitzer in recent general election polls. (nymag.com)
The party also polled weakly in the Dublin West (5.2 %) and Longford - Westmeath (6.7 %) by - election contests, a trend made more sobering by the fact that both of these figured amongst Labour's strongest constituencies in terms of support levels at recent general election contests, including the 2011 election. (adriankavanaghelections.org)