‘Nobody’ leading polls ahead of vote

The political landscape reflected in public opinion polls almost three weeks after the rail tragedy at Tempe is causing a commotion in the ranks of the country's political parties, as "nobody" has gained popularity among the burgeoning section of undecided voters: They shot up to 12.5% in the latest survey conducted by Pulse for Skai, from 9.5% just a month earlier.

It is widely understood that the jump in undecided voters is largely due to flagging support from core supporters of governing New Democracy from 32% to 28.5%. This, however, has not meant gains for the main leftist opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA), which remains steady at 25%, and certainly not for socialist PASOK, which slipped from 10.5% to 9.5%.

As such, what undecided voters do on the day will determine the outcome more than ever before. This is even more so given that the latest...