A poll by ALCO for the Greek online newsit site from October 11-14 found that the 1,000 people who were questioned during this time were in favor of the main opposition conservative New Democracy party. The opposition was ahead by 21.5 percent, compared to 15.1 percent for the Radical Left Coalition SYRIZA government. The huge 6.4 percent difference shows that the government is rapidly losing ground, bearing in mind that the previous poll had shown a 5.8 percent difference with ND still ahead.
The ultra-nationalist Golden Dawn party continues to be the third in voter preferences followed by the Greek Communist Party at 5.1 percent and the Democratic Alliance at 4.6 percent. Smaller parties are as follows: Centrist To Potami (1.9 percent), Independent Greeks ANEL (2.2 percent), Union of Centrists (2.3 percent), Popular Unity Party and Plefsi Eleftherias by Zoe Konstantopoulou (2.5 percent each).
The poll, held at a time when Greek Parliament was debating corruption, shows that those who followed the debate were not convinced by the speakers regardless of their political background. In the question concerning which of the two was fighting against corruption, the result showed that 55 percent believed that “Nobody” was tackling corruption, whereas 23 percent found Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras convincing, compared to 18 percent for Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
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