Monday 1 June 2009

*Greens on course for European election success

Further polls put Greens on course for European election success

Record level of support predicted for a nationwide poll

Based on a new ICM poll, the SUNDAY TELEGRAPH is predicting the Green Party will win EIGHT seats at the European elections on June 4th. The party currently has 2 MEPs in the South East and London.

http://tinyurl.com/mhw256

The poll puts the "resurgent" Greens on 11% - and ahead of UKIP on 10%.


The ICM poll comes hot on the heels of a Populus poll in the Times giving the Greens 10%.

http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world-news/times-poll-predicts-election-humiliation-for-labour-party_100198723.html


In total, SIX polls in the last 2 weeks (including a new YouGov poll in the Daily Telegraph today) have consistently given the Greens between 9% and 11% national vote share for the European elections, enough to make several gains under the broadly proportional voting system used, including here in Eastern region. The level of support predicted for a nationwide election is unprecedented. At the last European elections in 2004, the Greens got about 6% of the vote across the UK but with polls under-predicting the actual result.

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