New Public Opinion Poll Shows ND Lead Over SYRIZA

According to a new public opinion poll that was conducted for the Sunday edition of the RealNews newspaper, the New Democracy (ND) party has a 2.3 percent lead over main opposition SYRIZA.

More exactly, New Democracy was leading with 27.9 percent, followed by SYRIZA with 25.6 percent, the Golden Dawn (Chryssi Avghi) party with 13.4 percent, the Independent Greeks party with 6.9 percent, PASOK with 6.4 percent, DIMAR with 6.2 percent and the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) with 5.8 percent.

In response to who would be most suitable for prime minister, current Prime Minister Antonis Samaras (and ND leader) was preferred by 43.2 percent of the respondents, followed by SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras with 23.7 percent, while 31.2 percent said neither of the two.