Fishing for votes from other parties

Having secured their core party audience during the campaign period, party leaders are now openly addressing the voters or potential voters of the other parties, seeking to win them over. With direct or indirect references, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras and PASOK/KINAL leader Nikos Androulakis are calling on supporters of their political opponents to choose them instead.

At the same time, the percentage of undecided votes remains high, so party staffs are looking for ways to attract their attention.

Mitsotakis repeatedly addressed PASOK voters several times during the campaign, separating them from the party's leadership, and while campaigning in the town of Kastoria, northern Greece, he addressed far-right voters. The choice of town was not accidental, as the ruling conservatives are under pressure in northern Greece from smaller...