New Democracy Leads by 12 Points, but 49% Say Tsipras's New Party Offers No Real Change From SYRIZA

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis's New Democracy holds a 12-point lead over its nearest rival in a Pulse poll for SKAI TV released this week. Still, the survey's most striking finding is that 49 percent of respondents believe Alexis Tsipras's new ELAS party offers little or no difference from his former SYRIZA leadership. New Democracy stands at 25.5 percent in voting intention, with ELAS second at 13.5 percent. PASOK and Maria Karystianou's "Hope for Democracy" are in a statistical tie f...

By ANTHEE CARASSAVA