Another poll, by the MRB firm, indicates that while Greeks support military assistance to Cyprus and the deployment of a Patriot AA battery on Karpathos, they overwhelmingly prefer Greece to remain neutral in the broader Middle East conflict

Voters' support for possible new parties by Maria Karystianou and Alexis Tsipras gauged

In an extrapolation of the valid responses, center-right ND is given 28.1%, while 18.2% of respondents picked PASOK

Incumbent Nikos Androulakis leads in the PASOK race (26.4%), with Athens Mayor Haris Doukas figuring in second place (24.7%)

Beyond the 11.1%-point gap, previously radical leftist SYRIZA, the main opposition party, falls to thrid place with 8.5% in the MRD poll (10.9% extrapolated)