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Public Opinion Doesn't Want Local Elections Dominated by EU, ECB & IMF Memorandum

Public opinion does not want local government elections dominated by the issue of the memorandum signed with the EU, ECB and IMF. This is according to a nationwide opinion poll conducted by Kappa Research and published in the Sunday edition of To Vima newspaper.
Despite opposition party campaigns criticising the policies of the memorandum, the poll shows that 50.9% disagree with the stance adopted by main opposition New Democracy on this issue, compared with 39.1% who agree. The poll also reveals widespread pessimism about whether Greece will be able to avoid defaulting on its debts, with 46% believing that it can’t and 43.2% believing it can.
Ruling PASOK is shown to retain a lead of 7.8 points over New Democracy in voter preferences, with 29.1% backing PASOK against 21.3% backing ND. Next in line is the Communist Party of Greece with 7.7 %, Popular Orthodox Rally (LAOS) with 4.55% and Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) with 2.6%.
53% of those asked had doubts that the new cabinet resulting from a recent government reshuffle would tackle the crisis efficiently, with 51.3% agreeing that the prime minister had shown a tendency to compromise and 65.6% agreeing that his main guideline was to preserve internal balances within PASOK.
On individual ministers, six out of 10 believed that Mihalis Chrysohoidis would be capable of boosting the country’s growth as development minister and that Andreas Loverdos would be able to tackle the problems in the health sector as health minister.
Asked how they will decide where to cast their vote during local government elections on November 2nd, 46.7% said that they would vote based on whether they agreed with the measures of the Kallikratis plan or not and only 25.5% said they would base their vote on whether they agreed with the memorandum or not. An additional 13.3% said that their vote would be based on their position on both issues.
Asked whether they will support a candidate based on their personal abilities or based on their stance toward the memorandum, 71.7% said they would vote based on a candidate’s abilities.
(source: ana-mpa)

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