With Sunday’s critical election only a few days away, the uncertainty and indecision among voters is pronounced, all illustrated by the latest survey conducted by Kapa Research for To Vima.
When asked which party they intend to vote for on Sunday, the respondents answered the following (results from 2nd and 3rd September in parentheses):
- SYRIZA – 26.7% (26.5%)
- New Democracy – 26.2% (25.9%)
- Golden Dawn – 7% (6.5%)
- The River – 5% (5.1%)
- KKE – 5.9% (5.3%)
- Independent Greeks – 3.1% (3%)
- PASOK – 6.1% (5.8%)
- Popular Union – 4.2% (4.7%)
- Union of Centrists – 3.6% (3.5%)
- Other party – 2.0% (2.1%)
- Undecided – 10.2% (11.6%)
SYRIZA’s Alexis Tsipras (36.7%) also maintains a slight lead over New Democracy’s Evangelos Meimarakis (34.4%) as to who is believed to be a more suitable Prime Minister.
According to voters SYRIZA (47.9%) is the likeliest party to win the elections, with New Democracy coming second (35%). Voters are a bit split on who they want to come first (irrespective of what they vote), with 32.7% wanting SYRIZA and 30.9% New Democracy, while 9.6% want another party and 19.5% are undecided.
Despite the indecision though, voters are overwhelmingly interested in the elections on Sunday, with 63.6% claiming that they are very much interested, compared to 35.6% responded that they were a little or not at all interested. Chillingly though, about 63.3% of respondents believe that “things are heading in the wrong direction” in Greece, compared to 24.4% who believe that things are improving.
