Social Democrats increase lead in CVVM poll

A new poll suggests the opposition Social Democrats have pulled further ahead of the governing Civic Democrats in terms of public support. An opinion poll carried out this month by the CVVM agency indicates that 44.5 percent would vote for the Social Democrats, compared to 27 percent support for the Civic Democrats. In November the gap was 1 percent narrower. The Communist Party ranked third in the December survey with 14 percent backing. The Social Democrats made significant gains on the Civic Democrats in regional and Senate elections in October.