Undecideds pivotal to election outcome

With a week to go before national elections, the focus of party staffs is turning to the undecided voters whose number, according to the latest opinion polls, hovers around the not insubstantial 12 percent mark.

In its bids to reach out to this group of voters, the government is, rather than engaging in acrimonious exchanges with the opposition, focusing on extolling a positive narrative of what has been achieved so far and what will be done over the next four years if re-elected.

It will try to build on the fact that polls are suggesting that the majority of citizens are averse to toxicity, especially those who identify themselves with the center of the political spectrum. 

"These people want to hear about their future, something only ruling New Democracy is talking about," a government source told Kathimerini.

On the other hand, a significant...