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New Democracy still has a double-digit lead over SYRIZA in a new poll. At the same time, regarding the internal party elections of KINAL, Nikos Androulakis and Andreas Loverdos are well ahead of the other candidates.
In particular, the difference between the two parties amounts to 11.9 percentage points in the MARC poll on behalf of the newspaper Proto Thema.
In the intention to vote, ND garners 33.6% (from 34%), SYRIZA 21.7% (from 21.5%), the Movement for Change 9% (from 8.2%), the KKE 5.6% (from 5.8%), Hellenic Solution 4.5% (from 4.3%) and MERA25 3.1% (from 2.9%). The unspecified vote amounts to 11.8%.
The consolidation of New Democracy voters amounts to 72.7%, while that of SYRIZA to 62.1%. 61.4% want the elections to be held at the end of 4 years, while 36.2% want early ballots.
Nikos Androulakis and Andreas Loverdos in the first places in KINAL inter-party elections
In this poll, Nikos Androulakis appears in front of Andreas Loverdos.
In the popularity of the candidates in the KINAL elections, the polled voters of the Movement for Change show a preference:
To Nikos Androulakis as he collects 84.5% of positive and rather positive views (11.3% negative – rather negative).
The positive and rather positive views for Andreas Loverdos reach 71% (26% negative – rather negative).
Pavlos Geroulanos has 59.1% of the positive and rather positive views (30.7% negative – rather negative).
Pavlos Christidis gathers 58.8% of the positive and rather positive views (28.5% negative – rather negative).
The positive and rather positive views for Haris Kastanidis reach 54.4% (38.6% negative – rather negative).
The least positive views are gathered by George Papandreou (50.5%), with the former prime minister collecting the most negative opinions with 46.6%.
The KINAL voters who will definitely participate in the internal party elections (4.8%) prefer Nikos Androulakis (31.7%), followed by Andreas Loverdos (31.1%), George Papandreou (25.2%), Haris Kastanidis (2.5%), Pavlos Geroulanos 2.0%) and Pavlos Christidis (1.8%).
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