Fifty-six percent of 1,005 Greeks polled between Jan. 7 and Jan. 11 said they believed early elections would be held, according to the survey by Public Issue for Skai TV and Kathimerini. That’s up from 42 percent who said last month they believed early elections were likely.
Eighty-four percent of respondents said they
expected social unrest in the form of strikes to continue in the coming months. The survey comes amid walkouts by public transit workers and increasing unemployment as the government moves ahead with reforms to meet the conditions of a 110 billion-euro ($148 billion) bailout from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund. National elections aren’t due until 2013.
Papandreou remained the most popular party leader with a positive rating of 44 percent, according to the poll. He suffered a drop of 3 percentage points from the previous month, while Antonis Samaras, leader of the conservative New Democracy party, gained 3 percentage points for a score of 37 percent. George Karatzaferis, leader of the nationalist Laos party, saw his approval rating increase 5 points to 38 percent.
When asked which leader of the two main parties was best suited to be prime minister, 41 percent chose Papandreou while 19 percent picked Samaras. Thirty-seven percent said neither would make a good premier. Twenty-six percent said Pasok was the right choice to govern the country, while six percent chose New Democracy. Sixty-three percent said neither party.
Public Issue gave the margin of error as 3.2 percentage points
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