Poll shows Green Party with record low support

A poll conducted by the Median agency and released on Thursday showed that if elections were to be held this month, then the Green Party would fall short of the 5% share of the vote required to be represented in parliament. The Greens, who are currently one of the partners in the governing coalition, would receive 4.4% of votes cast, the poll suggests. The opposition Social Democrats would win an election held this month with 35% of the electorate’s support, while the governing Civic Democrats would come second with 31%. Pollsters said the Greens’ poor result was down to the fact that those who had voted Green in the past as an act of protest were now increasingly likely to vote for no one at all at the next election.