Poll puts left-of-centre party almost 9 points ahead of Civic Democrats

A poll conducted by the Median Agency has put opposition party the Social Democrats almost 9 points ahead of the ruling Civic Democrats if elections were held today. According to the poll, the left-of-centre opposition party would clinch 37 percent of the vote, followed by the Civic Democrats coming in second, with 28.2 – their worst projected finish since the party narrowly won the national election in June 2006. In the Median poll, the Social Democrats would not be the only party to improve: the poll has suggested that the Communists would come in third with 16.6 percent – their best projected finish since the election.