Opinion polls have bad news for all

[Intime News]

As the election campaign heats up, political parties are poring over opinion polls, those made public and those privately commissioned, to calibrate their tactics.

Each party, and this includes the ruling center-right New Democracy, which has been leading steadily in opinion surveys, has found cause for anxiety in examinging the data.

New Democracy officials are happy that the negative repercussions of the February 28 railway disaster seem to be wearing off. Most of the recent polls put ND about 5-6 points ahead of its main rival, left-wing SYRIZA. Ruling party officials also like to stress the fact that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has a distinct advantage over his rival, opposition leader Alexis Tsipras, among voters who identify as "centrist": an opinion survey by research firm Metron Analysis, published last Sunday, showed 28.8% of those voters choosing New...

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