It has been the New Democracy narrative in the last couple of months, that should Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis – an apparent “pillar of stability” – go then the chaos will break out in the country, politically and consequently also economically.
But now this “political dilemma” of the ruling party has backfired. In a public opinion poll conducted by Interview on behave of Politic.gr, the Greeks clearly showed him the way.
30% of respondents said “Mitsotakis,”, 42% said “Chaos” and 28% said “Other”.
The distribution of responses in the pie chart shows that the invocation of fear or insecurity is no longer convincing since the majority questions the exclusivity of stability. In fact, the fact that almost a third of respondents choose “Other” shows that a significant portion of citizens have more moderate dispositions, do not fit into the two extremes of the dilemma, and are looking for different forms of political representation, daily naftermporitiki noted.
In other poll questions such as the voting intention, ND leads with 23.8%, while former main opposition party SYRIZA appears unlikely to reach the threshold of 3% and enter the Parliament.
New Democracy remains essentially unchanged at 23.8% (from 23.9% in September), maintaining a 10.8-point gap over PASOK, which is in second place with 13% (compared to 13.2% in September). Hellenic Solution falls to 6.4% (from 7.5%) and the KKE records a small drop to 5.8% (from 6.1%). Freedom Voyage falls to 5.4% (from 6.4% in September), which indicates a loss of momentum after the summer surge.
SYRIZA falls below the 3% threshold in voting intention
The smaller parties show differentiated trends, without however changing the overall picture of the political scene. The Democracy Movement is stable at 4%, while the Voice of Reason increases to 4% (from 3.5%). MeRA25 gains marginally to 3.5% (from 3.4%), while SYRIZA records the biggest drop to 2.6% (from 4.4%), reflecting the continued disengagement from its traditional audience. At the same time, New Left falls to 1.6% (from 2%), while Niki is at 1.2% (from 1.0%).
At the same time, the “gray zone” of undecided voters is expanding, now reaching almost the high 20%, which reflects the generalized uncertainty prevailing in the electorate.
45% of respondents want “Elections again” in case the next elections will not make it possible for one party to form a government.
Despite political fatigue, the majority of citizens seem to prefer a repeat of the ballot box to a party collaboration, which reflects the distrust towards the stability of the collaborations.
The most frequent references in the “Other” category concern proposals such as a coalition of parties, an ecumenical government, a cooperation government or a change of political leaders.
The distribution of responses in the pie chart shows that the invocation of fear or insecurity is no longer convincing since the majority questions the exclusivity of stability. In fact, the fact that almost a third of respondents choose “Other” shows that a significant portion of citizens have more moderate dispositions, do not fit into the two extremes of the dilemma, and are looking for different forms of political representation.
6 out of 10 citizens say they have not seen any improvement in the economy
6 out of 10 citizens say they have not seen any improvement in the economy
As shown by the poll, 61% respond that neither the country’s economy nor their personal finances have improved, while 21% believe that the country’s economy has improved, but not their own financial situation.
Only 14% state that “both the country’s economy and my personal finances have improved,” while only 4% respond that the country’s economy has not improved, but their personal finances have improved.
