New poll: Social Democrats in the lead ahead of October’s general election

The Social Democrats lead the polls ahead of October’s early general election with an estimated gain of 29 percent of the votes, according to a survey by the STEM agency released on Monday. They are followed by the Civic Democrats with 24.1 percent, the Communists with 11.2 percent and the new party TOP 09 that would receive 6.8 percent of the vote. The only other party that would cross the five-percent threshold to get into the Chamber of Deputies are the Christian Democrats with 5.7 percent of the vote. The agency said the survey also included the preferences of undecided voters as well as of those who said they would not vote for any party in the upcoming election.