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Conservatives, Radical Leftists Even In Latest Polls

Greece’s conservative New Democracy party and the radical leftist Syriza party are even in polls published in Sunday newspapers, with two polls showing New Democracy would garner the most support in a fresh vote mid-June and Syriza taking the lead in two others.
According to a survey by the MRB polling agency published in Real News newspaper, New Democracy would receive 24.4% of the vote if elections were held today, up from 18.85% support it received during the last elections. Anti-austerity Syriza would receive 23.8% of the vote, up from the 16.8% support.
Support for the socialist Pasok party–which backs Greece’s bailout program together with New Democracy–has also grown slightly; the poll indicated it would receive 14.5% support, up from 13.2%. The Democratic Left would receive 6.9%, slightly higher than its 6.1% showing on May 6.
Backing for the far-right Golden Dawn party, which entered parliament for the first time after campaigning against illegal immigration, fell to 5.8% from 7% in the last elections, but remains well above the 3% threshold needed to enter parliament.
Other parties that have lost support in the Marc poll are the right-wing Independent Greeks, falling to 8.5% from 10.6%, and the Communist KKE with 5.9% from 8.5%.
Another survey published in Proto Thema newspaper by Alco pollster, shows support for New Democracy at 23.1%, while Syriza garners 21.4% of the vote. The Pasok party would receive 13.5% of votes if elections were held today, while four other parties would also enter the Greek parliament.
The survey also shows that 80% of Greek voters would like their country to stay in the euro zone, while just 10% would like to return to the country’s previous national currency, the drachma.
On the other hand, two other polls show that support for Syriza has grown even more and the anti-bailout party would come first if elections were held today.
Specifically, according to Public Issue pollster, Syriza would receive 28% of votes if elections were held today, while it shows support for New Democracy at 24%. The survey, published in Kathimerini newspaper, also shows that the Socialists would garner 15%. According to the pollster, five other parties would enter the Greek parliament: the Independent Greeks, KKE, Golden Dawn, Democratic Left and the newly-formed center right party Recreate Greece.
Another survey by Metron Analysis shows that Syriza leads with 25.1% support, while New Democracy polled 23.8%.
According to the poll published on the website protagon.gr, support for the Socialists would be 17.4% if elections were held today and four other parties would enter the parliament.
Greek President Karolos Papoulias on Saturday dissolved the country’s two-day old parliament, paving the way for fresh elections on June 17, which are shaping up as a game of brinkmanship over the country’s membership in the euro.
Greece’s pro-bailout parties, New Democracy and Pasok, claim the June poll actually represents voters’ chance to show they want to stay in the euro by affirming the need for strict fiscal retrenchment and economic liberalization.
The country’s ascendant austerity opponents, led by the Coalition of the Radical Left, known as Syriza, say Europe is bluffing and wouldn’t dare to force Greece out of the euro, even if it renounced the terms of its latest bailout.
(source: Dow Jones)

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