ALCO Public Opinion Poll - New Democracy In The Lead, Golden Dawn Gains Momentum

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The New Democracy party might still be leading the political scene, according to the first public opinion poll this summer following the June national elections, but believe it or not the Golden Dawn party is gaining momentum and from what it looks like it will soon challenge PASOK for third position! According to the first public opinion poll by ALCO, conducted for the Proto Thema newspaper, the New Democracy party is leading the pack with  24.8%, SYRIZA is next in line with 22.8%, followed by the PASOK party with 9.8% and believe it or not the Golden Dawn party is narrowing in at 8.6%. The Independent Greek party is steady at 6.8%, while the Democratic Left is at 5.2% and the Greek Communist Party (KKE) rose a tiny fraction to close at 4.7%.

PASOK is presently in third position, and analysts believe that it will continue to lose support and drop down to under 5%.

In terms of the most popular leader, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras collected 34%, SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras 30%, PASOK leader Evangelos Venizelos 19%, the chairman of the Independent Greek party Panagiotis Kammenos 23%, the head of the Golden Dawn party Nikos Michaloliakos 18.5%, the head of Democratic Left party Fotis Kouvelis 34% and the chairperson of the KKE Aleka Papariga 13%.

Original article in Greek on protothema