{"id":12343,"date":"2026-06-23T09:26:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T06:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=12343"},"modified":"2026-06-23T09:26:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T06:26:00","slug":"interview-poll-new-democracy-and-el-a-s-are-ahead-kyriakos-mitsotakis-is-by-far-the-most-suitable-candidate-with-none-of-the-above-in-second-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=12343","title":{"rendered":"Interview Poll: New Democracy and EL.A.S. are ahead; Kyriakos Mitsotakis is by far the most suitable candidate, with \u201cnone of the above\u201d in second place"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the new poll by Interview, New Democracy rises to 28.1%, the Hellenic Police gains ground, PASOK remains stagnant, and Elpida is falling significantly.<\/p>\n<p>The new <strong>Interview poll<\/strong> for POLITIC shows shifts in the political balance, with <strong>New Democracy<\/strong> increasing its support, <strong>ELAS<\/strong> consolidating its second-place position, and <strong>PASOK<\/strong> remaining stagnant. At the same time, the <strong>\u201cElpida\u201d<\/strong> party led by Maria Karystianou is showing the biggest drop in the poll, losing more than two percentage points in a month.<\/p>\n<h3>Interview Poll, voting intention: New Democracy gains ground<\/h3>\n<p>In the <strong>voting intention<\/strong>, <strong>New Democracy<\/strong> garners <strong>28.1%<\/strong>, marking a two-point increase compared to the previous month, when it stood at 26.1%.<\/p>\n<p>In second place is <strong>ELAS<\/strong> with <strong>14.5%<\/strong>, also showing an increase of 1.7 points. <strong>PASOK<\/strong> remains unchanged at <strong>12.3%<\/strong>, showing no significant change compared to the May poll.<\/p>\n<p>Next are <strong>Greek Solution<\/strong> at 7.4%, <strong>Hope<\/strong> at 5.4%, <strong>KKE<\/strong> at 4.5%, <strong>Voice of Reason<\/strong> at 4%, <strong>Freedom Course<\/strong> at 3%, <strong>MERA25<\/strong> at 2.9%, the <strong>Democrats<\/strong> with 2%, while <strong>SYRIZA<\/strong> is limited to 0.5%, as is <strong>Niki<\/strong>. <strong>New Left<\/strong> stands at 0.3%, other parties at 5.1%, and <strong>undecided voters<\/strong> at 9.5%.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tomanifesto.cachefly.net\/tomanifesto\/images\/placeholder.png\" alt=\"screenshot-4-2-768x575.jpg\" data-dpc-media-id=\"191133\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/tomanifesto.cachefly.net\/image\/large\/96\/screenshot-4-2-768x575.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<h3>Maria Karystianou, the biggest drop of the month<\/h3>\n<p>The party <strong>\u201cHope\u201d<\/strong> led by Maria Karystianou shows the largest loss of support in this poll. From <strong>7.5%<\/strong> in May, it has fallen to <strong>5.4%<\/strong> in June, recording a drop of <strong>2.1 percentage points<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, the pool of <strong>undecided voters<\/strong> has decreased significantly, from 12.7% to 9.5%, suggesting that a significant portion of the public has shifted their political alignment. According to the findings, the main beneficiaries of this shift are the <strong>New Democracy<\/strong>, the <strong>ELAS<\/strong>, and the <strong>Greek Solution<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Skepticism Toward New Political Formations<\/h3>\n<p>Of particular interest are citizens\u2019 views on the leaders of the new parties.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding <strong>EL.A.S.<\/strong>, <strong>42%<\/strong> believe it consists of figures lacking a convincing political presence, while <strong>29%<\/strong> cite the recycling of old political figures. Only <strong>15%<\/strong> believe there are competent and serious figures.<\/p>\n<p>The picture is even more negative for <strong>Elpida<\/strong>, as <strong>67%<\/strong> of respondents believe that its leaders lack a convincing political presence. Only <strong>6%<\/strong> rate them as competent and serious, while <strong>17%<\/strong> acknowledge their good intentions but limited political experience.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tomanifesto.cachefly.net\/tomanifesto\/images\/placeholder.png\" alt=\"screenshot-2-4-768x575.jpg\" data-dpc-media-id=\"191134\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/tomanifesto.cachefly.net\/image\/large\/96\/screenshot-2-4-768x575.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<p>At the same time, the possibility of <strong>Antonis Samaras<\/strong> forming a new party does not seem to be gaining much traction. <strong>78%<\/strong> say they would not vote for it at all, while only <strong>12%<\/strong> view it favorably.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tomanifesto.cachefly.net\/tomanifesto\/images\/placeholder.png\" alt=\"screenshot-5-768x569.jpg\" data-dpc-media-id=\"191135\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/tomanifesto.cachefly.net\/image\/large\/96\/screenshot-5-768x569.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<h3>Mitsotakis is the most suitable prime minister &#8211; Issues of concern to citizens<\/h3>\n<p>When asked who is the most suitable political leader to <strong>govern the country<\/strong>, Kyriakos Mitsotakis leads with <strong>32%<\/strong>. This is followed by the response \u201cnone\u201d at 16.3%, Alexis Tsipras at 15.4%, Nikos Androulakis at 10%, <strong>Kyriakos Velopoulos<\/strong> with 6.7%, and <strong>Maria Karystianou<\/strong> with 5.1%.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tomanifesto.cachefly.net\/tomanifesto\/images\/placeholder.png\" alt=\"screenshot-6-768x573.jpg\" data-dpc-media-id=\"191136\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/tomanifesto.cachefly.net\/image\/large\/96\/screenshot-6-768x573.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<p>When it comes to priorities for the <strong>new generation<\/strong>, citizens rank <strong>wages and employment<\/strong> at the top with 50%, followed by <strong>housing<\/strong> at 26%. <strong>Education<\/strong> accounts for 14%, and <strong>entrepreneurship<\/strong> for 8%.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tomanifesto.cachefly.net\/tomanifesto\/images\/placeholder.png\" alt=\"screenshot-7-768x576.jpg\" data-dpc-media-id=\"191137\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/tomanifesto.cachefly.net\/image\/large\/96\/screenshot-7-768x576.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<p>At the same time, <strong>56%<\/strong> view proposals for free or significantly discounted public transportation for young people as an election campaign slogan, while 28% consider them a necessary social measure.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tomanifesto.cachefly.net\/tomanifesto\/images\/placeholder.png\" alt=\"screenshot-8-768x579.jpg\" data-dpc-media-id=\"191138\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/tomanifesto.cachefly.net\/image\/large\/96\/screenshot-8-768x579.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<p>Finally, regarding the reopening of the <strong>Theological School of Halki<\/strong>, <strong>48%<\/strong> believe that the decision is primarily linked to an effort to improve <strong>Turkey\u2019s<\/strong> international image, while <strong>22%<\/strong> attribute it to the intervention of <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong>. Only 8% consider the long-standing request of the <strong>Ecumenical Patriarchate<\/strong> to be a decisive factor.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tomanifesto.cachefly.net\/tomanifesto\/images\/placeholder.png\" alt=\"screenshot-9-768x575.jpg\" data-dpc-media-id=\"191139\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/tomanifesto.cachefly.net\/image\/large\/96\/screenshot-9-768x575.jpg\"><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the latest Interview poll, New Democracy rises to 28.1%, ELAS gains ground, PASOK remains stagnant, and Elpida drops significantly&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12344,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12343\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}