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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 14-04-28
CONTENTS
[01] Poll puts SYRIZA ahead in EuroParliament vote, ND in general
elections
[01] Poll puts SYRIZA ahead in EuroParliament vote, ND in general
elections
ANA-MPA -- A slight lead for main opposition Radical Left Coalition
(SYRIZA) in the upcoming European elections - but with current government
leaders New Democracy (ND) easing ahead in the case of national elections
- was recorded in an opinion poll conducted by ALCO and published in
the newspaper "Proto Thema" on Saturday.
SYRIZA came first in voter preferences with a 0.5 pct lead over ND for
the European elections and a 22.3 pct share of the vote. Voters gave ND
a 0.7 pct lead and 22.2 pct of the vote, however, when asked what they
would vote in a general election.
The results of the poll concerning voter intentions in the case of general
elections were as follows: ND (22.2 pct), SYRIZA (21.5 pct), Golden Dawn
(6.7 pct), Potami (5.3 pct), Elia (4.9 pct), Communist Party of Greece
(4.7 pct), Independent Greeks (3.6 pct), Democratic Left (2.5 pct),
Union for the Homeland and the People (1 pct), other parties (5.2 pct),
blank vote (2.4 pct), abstention (4.5 pct), undecided (15.5 pct).
The poll results concerning voter intentions in European and local
government elections this May were as follows: SYRIZA (22.3 pct), ND (21.8
pct), Potami (7.2 pct), Golden Dawn (7 pct), Communist Party of Greece
(5 pct), Elia (4.8 pct), Independent Greeks (3.4 pct), Democratic Left
(2.2 pct), Union for the Homeland and the People (1.1 pct), Ecologists
(0.9 pct), ANTARSYA (0.9 pct), National Front (0.7 pct), Popular Orthodox
Rally (0.5 pct), other parties (2.4 pct), blank vote (3.3 pct), abstention
(5.2 pct), undecided (11.3 pct).
Of those taking part in the poll, 41 pct said a criterion for their
vote in the European elections will be preserving political stability,
while 42 pct said their intention would be to overturn the government.
Regarding who they would trust as prime minister, 32 pct replied current
premier Antonis Samaras, 20 pct chose SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras and
42 pct said they trusted no one. On recent developments in the economy,
29 pct said these vindicated Samaras, 21 pct said they vindicated Tsipras
and 50 pct said they did not know.
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