July 12, 2010
Kathimerini: 7 out of 10 Greeks "dissatisfied" and 35% would cast blank ballots
Discontent isn't the same as abandonment of a political party, but the line between the two is becoming blurred as Greece sinks into a severe recession. This Kathimerini article gives the highlights of recent polling which indicates every major political party in Greece is out of favor:
" Seven in 10 Greeks are dissatisfied with their lives and feel let down by the country’s two main political parties while a third would not vote for any of the five parties in Greece’s Parliament, a new poll carried out on behalf of Kathimerini has found.
According to the survey carried by polling firm Public Issue on a sample of 1,006 citizens in the first week of July, 65 percent of respondents said they trusted neither ruling PASOK nor the main conservative opposition New Democracy to run the country. Another 25 percent said they think PASOK is the best party to lead the country while only 4 percent said they would want ND in power.
...In one of the most shocking findings, a third (35.5 percent) of the poll’s respondents said that if elections were held today, they would either boycott the vote or cast a blank ballot."
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