SYRIZA trailing New Democracy by 8 percent, new poll finds

New Democracy was given an 8-point lead over ruling SYRIZA in a new public opinion poll conducted by Pulse for Skai TV and published on Thursday, with 35 percent of respondents saying they intend to vote for the center-right opposition against 27 percent supporting the incumbent leftists.

Center-left Movement for Change (KINAL) polled below the 10-percent mark in voters' intentions at 7 percent, followed by the Greek Communist Party (KKE) at 5.5 percent and neo-Nazi Golden Dawn at 4.5 percent. Former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis' Mera25 party and the nationalist populist Greek Solution hovered around the 3-percent threshold needed to enter Parliament, with the Union of Centrists and Sail of Freedom failing to pass muster at just 1.5 percent each.

Similarly, in the range of opinion category, the poll found that between 32.2 and 37.8 percent of respondents are in...