The New Democracy is down in the polls, according to a Real Polls survey for Protagon, but maintaining a large lead over PASOK, which is stabilizing in second place.

However, despite ND‘s 2-point drop compared to the June survey, both the government and the prime minister still hold a large lead over the other opposition parties.

In the poll, conducted between July 11-14 in a sample of 1.668 people over the age of 17, i.e. with the right to vote, the New Democracy party retreats by four points in the voting intention, and is measured at 23% compared to 27% in June, while based on the reduction of undecided voters the retreat is limited to two points and reaches 29.4% in the result prediction (from 31.5% in the previous measurement, in June).

PASOK stabilizes with a small drop (0.5% from June) and comes in a clear second, garnering 12.5%. The Course of Freedom has lost 1.3 points and stands at 11%, down from 12.3% in June.

Just above 10% is the Hellenic Solution, which is increasing its share (it had gathered 8.4% in June. The KKE is also on the rise at 7.8% (up from 7% in June).

The Voice of Reason, which gains two more points and stands at 5.6% (compared to 3.6% in June), is also significant. The MERA25, also rises from 3.7% to 4.9%.

The increase in the undecided vote to 20.4%, up from 15.4% in June, is considered noteworthy, which is also attributed to the OPEKEPE case. However, neither PASOK nor Syriza have benefited from the case.

A clear message for the government and the Prime Minister emerges from the question “Who do you think bears the greatest responsibility for the OPEKEPE scandal?” Public opinion appears divided, with 40.4% believing that the “deeply dysfunctional state” is responsible, and 38.2% that the Prime Minister himself bears responsibility. In smaller percentages, in the 9-10% range, people believe that the responsibility lies with the Ministry of Rural Development and the OPEKEPE.

To the question “Do you think that Kyriakos Mitsotakis will manage to fight corruption and enforce legality after his admission that “we did not correct the bad things in time, as in the case of OPEKEPE”?” a 77% answered negatively, while the vast majority said “definitely not”.

The responses also show the economic pressure on households. In response to the question “What would you consider most in your final choice of party in the next national election?”, the first answer is whether a party can improve living conditions and economic situation, with 68.9%. This is followed by whether a party will fight scandals, with 57.1%, and third in the ranking is defence and security of the country, with 38.7%.

Also, more than 66% of respondents answered negatively to the question “do you think that the country’s position has recently been strengthened in the international environment?”

On immigration, the poll shows that people approve of the government’s hard line. 38.9% support sending migrants back to their countries of origin and 24.4% support preventing them from entering the country.

The opposition continues to be out of step, with the scenarios for the creation of new parties, either by Alexis Tsipras or by Antonis Samaras, being evaluated without any notable dynamics, especially for the former president of the New Democracy.

The potential vote for the two, hypothetical for now, parties based on the question of how likely one is to vote for one of them is recorded for Alexis Tsipras at 18.1% (cumulative “very likely” and “quite likely”, while for Anthony Samaras it is only 7.1%.