Poll: Civic Democrats strengthen position against nearest rivals

A new poll released by the Median agency - published on two internet servers - has suggested the ruling Civic Democrats have improved over their nearest rivals. According to the poll, if elections were held today they would be won by the right-of-centre party earning 35.2 percent of the vote. The party strengthened over rivals the Social Democrats, who slipped by 3.5 percentage points since July. In their current coalition with the Christian Democrats and the Greens, the Civic Democrats would now gain a majority of seats in the lower house. The poll suggests the opposition Communists would place third with 12.6 percent of the vote, followed by the Greens with 6.6 percent, and the Christian Democrats last, with 6.1 percent.

The survey also monitored voters' willingness to go to the polls: turnout would be 60 percent, or 5 percentage points less than the real figure during the national election last June.