GPO's October poll for iefimerida.gr, presented on Wednesday, 21 October, gives New Democracy 25.2% in voting intention and 29.4% in the voting estimate. ELAS, the Greek Left alliance led by Alexis Tsipras, sits second at 15.7% in the estimate, with PASOK at 13.1%. In intention the two stand at 13.5% and 11.2%, so the contest for second place is close on both measures. The KKE is fourth at 9.4%, followed by Greek Solution at 8.5%, Plefsi Eleftherias at 4.7% and Foni Logikis at 3.8%. Maria Karystianou's Elpida for Democracy stands at 2.6%, below the parliamentary threshold, while the Symmachia Ellinon, a party reportedly linked to Ilias Kasidiaris, reaches 2.8%.
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In the GPO index of suitability for prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis scores 28.5%, ahead of 'none' at 18.6%, Alexis Tsipras at 14.8% and Nikos Androulakis at 9.4%. The same survey puts the chance of a new party led by Antonis Samaras at 3.2%, with a total potential pool of 10.5%. The survey reads this as a release valve for discontent rather than a mass pole for the fragmented opposition. The figures suggest such a formation would draw support from a limited share of voters for now.
Opinion Poll for Action 24, presented on Tuesday, 20 October, covers the Attica region and gives New Democracy 31.5% in the estimate. ELAS follows at 16.9%, a lead of 6.7 points over PASOK at 10.2%, while the KKE is at 7.9% and Plefsi Eleftherias at 5.9%. In voting intention New Democracy leads with 26.3%, ELAS has 13.9% and PASOK 8.6%, and 12.6% remain undecided. Outlets report SYRIZA differently, at 2% in some versions of the estimate and at 3.2% in others. Asked who would take second place if elections were held the following Sunday, 36.9% named ELAS.
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Cost of living is the leading concern in both surveys. The Opinion Poll finds 66.6% of Attica residents naming it as the most important problem, followed by low incomes at 19.2% and housing and rents at 18.9%, while traffic and parking concern 17.5%. GPO puts the cost of living at 64% and reports that 53.2% find food and supermarket spending hard to cover, and 55.8% say the same of energy bills. Asked whether the government has taken enough measures against the new wave of price rises, 74.8% answer no, against 24.1% who say yes. On foreign affairs, 48.4% of Attica respondents say they are very or fairly worried about tensions with Turkey, and 60.2% believe Greece has grown stronger internationally and in defence over the government's seven years in office.
GPO finds 52.7% wanting a single-party majority after the election, up from September, even if that requires repeated elections. A coalition government is preferred by 42.8%. In the Attica poll, 47.8% favour a single-party government against 45.7% for a coalition. On the question of the government after the vote, GPO reports that 27.8% would want New Democracy to stay in office with Mitsotakis as prime minister, while 68.5% favour a change of direction.
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GPO for iefimerida.gr puts New Democracy at 29.4% in its voting estimate, while Opinion Poll for Action 24 gives it 31.5% in Attica, with ELAS and PASOK competing for second place.
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