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Greek polls show Syriza, conservatives neck-and-neck
Source: Reuters
World | Fri Sep 4, 2015 3:51pm EDT
Greek polls show Syriza, conservatives neck-and-neck
ATHENS
Former Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras's leftist Syriza party is running neck-and-neck with its main conservative rival, New Democracy, ahead of national elections on Sept. 20, according to three polls published on Friday.
Syriza's poll lead has shriveled since Tsipras resigned in August and called the snap election in an attempt to shore up support for the country's new bailout program.
A poll by University of Macedonia for Skai television showed that Syriza and New Democracy would each get 27 percent of the vote. A second survey by MRB for Star television put them both on 29.6 percent.
A third poll by Metron Analysis poll earlier on Friday was the second this week to show the conservative party in the lead.
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Greek polls show Syriza, conservatives neck-and-neck
ATHENS
Former Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras's leftist Syriza party is running neck-and-neck with its main conservative rival, New Democracy, ahead of national elections on Sept. 20, according to three polls published on Friday.
Syriza's poll lead has shriveled since Tsipras resigned in August and called the snap election in an attempt to shore up support for the country's new bailout program.
A poll by University of Macedonia for Skai television showed that Syriza and New Democracy would each get 27 percent of the vote. A second survey by MRB for Star television put them both on 29.6 percent.
A third poll by Metron Analysis poll earlier on Friday was the second this week to show the conservative party in the lead.
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Read more: www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/04/us-eurozone-greece-poll-idUSKCN0R424320150904