The end of the farmers’ mobilizations combined with the new polling landscape that is taking shape, with New Democracy widening the gap from PASOK, is causing satisfaction among Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ associates.
The gap widens in favor of New Democracy, but Maximos fears complacency
Under this prism, momentum is given to accelerating reform actions, with the government wanting to ward off any sense of fatigue. With the unpleasant climate created by the OPEKEPE revelations and the mobilizations of the previous period, delicate handling was required from the government. At the same time, the government’s determination not to take a step back in reforming the payment system showed the political will to rationalize a chronic dysfunction.
The government was wounded by the OPEKEPE affair, however it showed persistence in its commitments, which despite the general dissatisfaction recorded by measurements gives it the characteristic of consistency. And this consistency, according to Maximos, will be the “key” for a third electoral victory for Kyriakos Mitsotakis. With the risk of complacency, however, being the greatest threat on the road to the 2027 ballot box.
Why Maximos sees opportunity in polls, but also a trap
In all recent measurements, the prime minister’s associates read two characteristics, one of which is usual and the other not. The first and usual one has to do with governmental wear. We are in the second term, it is expected that there will be fatigue in a segment of the electorate, but despite the fatigue and any mistakes, New Democracy remains higher than the second party by a large margin and often with a double-digit percentage. Essentially justifying the rhetoric that wants New Democracy described as the only cohesive constant of the political system.
The second and unusual characteristic is that the remaining parties, which often invoke existing or non-existing government mistakes making criticism and launching fierce attacks, see their percentages falling, composing the current fragmented mosaic of the opposition space. Characteristic is the example of PASOK, about which it is written that “its needle is stuck.” This is wrong, as if one compares last year’s percentages of Mr. Androulakis’ party with those of recent polls, they will find that it has lost 1/3 of its electoral influence within a year.
The polling paradox: Government wear, opposition collapse
Maximos staff comment on this development concluding that the reason for the declining course of the entire opposition is the fact that it does not have an alternative solution against New Democracy. “There is unprecedented unreliability of opposition parties. This is good for New Democracy, because New Democracy emerges as the only serious political force, but also bad, because it can lead to complacency,” these officials say.
