SYRIZA leads with more than 20 pct over ND in MRB poll
Ruling coalition partner SYRIZA leads with more than 20 percentage points over main opposition New Democracy (ND) in an opinion poll conducted by MRB on behalf of private TV station Star on Tuesday.
According to the survey, asked "which party would you vote if elections were held next Sunday", 41.3 pct said SYRIZA and only 19.2 pct said ND. Third place is To Potami and the Independent Greeks (ANEL) who both receive 5.4 pct, the Communist Party with 5.3 pct, Golden Dawn with 5.1 pct, and PASOK with 2.9 pct.
Another 4.8 pct said "another party" while 10.6 pct are undecided.
Asked to choose between SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras and ND leader Antonis Samaras as best choice for prime minister, 55.1 pct chose Tsipras and 22.9 pct chose Samaras. Among the respondents, 18.5 pct said none of the two is best suited for premier, while 3.6 pct answered "someone else, I don’t know, I won’t answer".
In the same survey, about seven in 10 Greeks (69 pct) believe the coalition government’s course so far has been positive, while 24.7 pct believe the opposite. Another 5.1 pct said “neither positive nor negative” and 1.2 pct didn’t answer.
Asked “how would you characterize the new agreement with our lenders”, the majority of respondents (70.3 pct) believe it is better than the one which was being implemented until now, while 19.7 pct believe it is worts, or probably worts than the last one. Another 10 pct didn’t answer.
Finally, according to the poll, 57.9 pct of those who answered believe the disagreements within the party will create problems for the government sooner or later, with 38.7 pct expressing an opposite opinion. 3.5 pct didn’t answer the question.
The survey was conducted between February 27 and March 2, 2015.
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