New poll indicates Social Democrats are now most popular party

A new opinion poll by the CVVM institute suggests that the opposition Social Democrats are now the most popular party in the country. According to the survey, if an election were to be held now, the Social Democrats would win 33 percent of the vote ahead of the Civic Democrats who would get 31 percent. The Civic Democrats' partners in the coalition government, the Greens and the Christian Democrats would get 10 percent and 9 percent respectively. The Communist Party would receive 14.5 percent.

It is the second opinion poll in a week to show that the Social Democrats have overtaken the Civic Democrats as the most popular party. Before that, the last time the Social Democrats had been ahead of their main rivals was in December 2002.

Author: Coilin O'Connor