Latest poll: Undecided voters a majority; SYRIZA slipping

Eight parties shown entering Parliament

Voters that are undecided on who they prefer in next month’s snap Greek general election comprise the majority of respondents in a recent opinion poll, published by the Athens daily “Efimerida ton Syntakton” (journalists’ gazette) on Friday.

Moreover, roughly one-third of respondents that voted for radical leftist SYRIZA in the January 2015 election appear ambivalent over their current political preferences.

According to results, the “undecided vote” garnered 25.5 percent of respondents’ preferences. In terms of a projection of the vote, based on the findings of the poll, SYRIZA garners 23 percent, followed by conservative New Democracy with 19.5 percent.

The ultra-nationalist Golden Dawn (Chryssi Avgi) picks up 6.5; the Communist Party (KKE) 5 percent; once mighty social-democrat PASOK 4.5 percent; centrist Potami 4 percent, while the party recently established from SYRIZA’s split, the far-left and anti-bailout Popular Union, is projected at 3.5 percent. Finally, Centrists Union party, which has never entered Parliament but has remained on the political fringe for roughly two decades, is shown as barely squeaking in, as it tallies 3 percent.

The former anti-bailout Independent Greeks (AN.EL) party, populist-rightist outfit, is shown at 2 percent, meaning it doesn’t enter Parliament, if figures prove true.

Finally, a vast majority of respondents, agrees with the statement of “euro, no matter what”, while more than 50 percent of respondents assess the new SYRIZA-AN.EL memorandum with creditors as bad.

The opinion poll was conducted by the firm Prorata and commissioned by the reliable Athens daily.