Social Democrats lead in new poll though Civic Democrats not far behind

The Social Democrats have the highest support among Czech voters, suggests a new opinion poll carried out by the STEM agency. The left-wing party enjoy 26.2 percent backing, one percentage point more than their main rivals, the right-of-centre Civic Democrats. 11.6 percent of respondents said they would vote for the Communists, with 8.7 declaring support for the new party TOP 09. The Christian Democrats and the Greens would not gain the necessary 5 percent of votes to enter the Czech Parliament, the survey indicates.