Main opposition New Democracy had a solid lead of 5.9 percentage points over ruling coalition leader SYRIZA in an MRB poll released on Thursday. In a nationwide poll of 2,000 adults with voting rights, 26.1 pct said they intended to vote for ND if there was a general election, followed by 20.2 pct intended to vote for SYRIZA.
Third in line was the far-right party Golden Dawn with 6.6 pct, followed by the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) with 6.1 pct, the PASOK-DIMAR Democratic Alliance with 5.8 pct and Centrists’ Union with 3.6 pct. The junior partner in the ruling coalition Independent Greeks (ANEL) came in next with 2.6 pct – below the 3 pct minimum needed to enter parliament – followed by Zoi Konstantopoulou’s ‘Course to Freedom’ party (2.5 pct), Potami (2.2 pct), Popular Unity (1.0 pct) and ‘Other’ (2.2 pct). More than one fifth (21.1 pct) of those participating in the poll did not specify their intended vote, with 8.5 pct saying they were undecided, 7 pct saying they would abstain, 3.3 pct saying they would cast a spoilt vote and 2.3 pct a blank ballot.
Just over half (51.4 pct) forecast an ND victory if there was a general election now, followed by 24.8 pct for SYRIZA, ‘no party’ with 15 pct, ‘Other party’ with 5.2 pct and ‘Don’t know/ won’t answer’ with 3.7 pct.
Asked to estimate the chances that they will not vote in the next elections, 11.4 pct said it was ‘very likely’, 14.9 pct said quite likely’, 23.6 pct said ‘not very likely’ and 48.4 pct said ‘not at all likely’, while 1.7 pct did not have an opinion.
A majority of 55.3 pct said they definitely or probably opposed holding general elections immediately, while 39.4 said they were definitely or probably in favour.
Asked to choose between Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and ND leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis as most suitable for prime minister, Tsipras was chosen by 21.8 pct and Mitsotakis by 27.5 pct, while 45.4 pct of those asked replied ‘neither’. On which of the two large parties, SYRIZA or ND, were better able to handle the country’s problems, 26.2 pct chose ND and 19.2 pct chose SYRIZA, while 41.7 pct said ‘neither’.
The poll was conducted using the method of personal interviews on June 16-24.
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