Greece: Poll shows Syriza pulling ahead in election run-up
Source: Associated Press
Greece: Poll shows Syriza pulling ahead in election run-up
Updated 7:29 am, Friday, September 11, 2015
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The radical left Syriza party of former prime minister Alexis Tsipras is pulling ahead of the conservative main opposition party in the run-up to Greece's snap general election on Sept. 20, according to an opinion poll published Friday.
The poll conducted for the left-leaning Efimerida ton Syntakton newspaper showed Syriza at 28.5 percent compared to 23.5 percent for the center-right New Democracy party. Nazi-inspired Golden Dawn was in third place with 6.5 percent, while 17.5 percent of respondents were undecided or would not answer.
Conducted by ProRata on Sept. 7-9, the nationwide poll questioned 1,300 people by telephone and had a margin of error of 2.8 percentage points. Other polls have shown the two main parties in a dead heat.
Friday's poll shows an improvement for both Syriza and New Democracy. In late August, a similar poll from the agency had Syriza at 23 percent and New Democracy at 19.5 percent.
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