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Public opinion polls and elections 2012

 The parliamentary election in May 2012 and the repeat election in June provided a challenge for Greek public opinion polls. Apart from the impressions created, the problems that arose are numerous. It is more than likely that these problems will continue and perhaps even intensify. The phenomenon of the growing and largely unforeseen rate of abstention, along with “spiral of silence” effect, in various forms will in the future limit the predictive power of Greek public opinion polls.

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Elections of 17 June – the right and the wrong

The result of the 17 June election was in no way certain from the outset. On the contrary, the outcome of the contest remained open until the last moment. Indeed, as it turned out, the most recent pre-election period showed the greatest historically observed momentum ever and was clearly stronger than the corresponding impetus seen in May.

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Greek Elections June 2012 – Voter Demographics

Source: Public Issue – Total data set of the Pre-electoral Political Barometer (Ν=5.862 individuals) – May – June 2012 Voter Demographics:   ND SYRIZA PASOK IND. GREEKS GOLDEN DAWN DEM. LEFT KKE CREATION AGAIN LAOS OTHER GREEK ELECTIONS 6/2012 29,7 26,9 12,3 7,5 6,9 6,3 4,5 1,6 1,6 2,7 GENDER           …

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Greek Elections 2012 – Voter Demographics

Source: Public Issue – Total data set of the Pre-electoral Political Barometer (Ν=4.607 individuals) – February – May 2012 Voter Demographics:   ND SYRIZA PASOK IND. GREEKS KKE GOLDEN DAWN DEM. LEFT ECO. GREENS LAOS DEM. ALLIANCE OTHER GREEK ELECTIONS 2012 18,9 16,8 13,2 10,6 8,5 7 6,1 2,9 2,9 2,6 10,5 GENDER         …

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