Elections 2014: Three New Polls, Three Different Results

Three Friday polls on Greece’s local and European elections gave three different results. ALCO’s poll for newspaper Proto Thema gave main opposition party SYRIZA a 1.5% lead in European Parliament elections over Nea Dimokratia, whose Antonis Samaras is considered the most popular political leader. According to the poll, SYRIZA is first with 24.7%, followed by Nea Dimokratia with 23.2%, Golden Dawn with 7.7%, To Potami with 7.6%, Olive Tree with 5.4%, KKE with 5.3%, Independent Greeks with 4.7%, Democratic Left 2.5%. The most popular political leader is Antonis Samaras with 34%, Stavros Theodorakis with 29%, Alexis Tsipras with 28%, Fotis Kouvelis with 23%, Dimitris Koutsoubas with 20%, Panos Kammenos with 16%, Evangelos Venizelos with 13% and Nikos Michaloliakos with 8%. Another poll by e-Voice on behalf of website paraskinio.gr shows that Nea Dimokratia is leading SYRIZA by 0.9% in European elections. Nea Dimokratia polled23.1%, SYRIZA 22.2%, Olive Tree 7.3%, KKE 7.1%, To Potami 6.3%, Golden Dawn 6.2%, Independent Greeks 3.6% and Democratic Left 1.6%. Almost 90% of respondents said they will vote in the May 25 elections. Palmos Analysis opinion poll for the website TVXS shows SYRIZA leading with 25.3% followed by Nea Dimokratia (20.3%), Golden Dawn (5.7%), To Potami (5.4%), Olive Tree (4.9%), KKE (4.6%), Independent Greeks (3.6%), Democratic Left (2.6%), LAOS (1%) and Ecologist Greens (0.9%).

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