Kantar poll: ANO retaining edge over rivals

The opposition ANO party retains a strong edge over its rivals in opinion polls. According to a survey conducted by the Kantar agency for Czech Television, if elections were held today, ANO would get 32 percent of the votes, followed by the ruling Civic Democrats with 15.5 percent and the Pirate Party of the governing coalition with 11 percent. The opposition Freedom and Direct Democracy party would get 9 percent of the votes, followed by the coalition parties Mayors and Independents with 7.5 percent and TOP 09 with 5 percent of the votes. No other party would cross the 5 percent threshold needed to win seats in the lower chamber.