By Antonis Anzoletou

The “war” of the five days remaining until the polls open in PASOK is very critical for the candidates. It is not a short time to attract new voters nor enough to change the balance dramatically.

The fact that they are still discussing the polls in Harilaou Trikoupi and the representatives of the “six” have not received the final lists in their hands shows the irritation that exists. And above all, the attention they pay even to some details that may be decisive. The Ethics Committee will reconvene today.

All candidates have an idea of ​​where they are and what they can expect. They also have in their hands many investigations that did not see the light of day. They want to avoid the last minute mistake. PASOK does have a polling opportunity and the one who will be judged by the people to be the most “reproducible” will win significant points.

Surveys by measurement companies, without much of a difference, give Nikos Androulakis the lead in terms of voting intention, however the other three contenders for the ticket for the second round are not giving up. They remember that the results of 2021 did not match the polls at all. Andreas Loverdos then appeared first and finally came third with Giorgos Papandreou finishing second.

No safe predictions can be made for the October 6th battle.

As in all internal party elections.

Expectations for an increased turnout – certainly over 300,000 – constitute an electorate that is not known.

How much more so when that bar rises even higher. If something like this happens, the new president will have a very strong card in his hands, especially since the comparisons with the SYRIZA elections that will follow greatly favor the green camp.

But who will be the person who will lead the movement founded by Andreas Papandreou? It is estimated that if citizens who return to the ranks of PASOK come, the majority of them may join either Haris Doukas or Anna Diamantopoulos. They both address different audiences.

In the “camp” of Nikos Androulakis, they hope that the current president will reap the good poll numbers of the last month and the almost double score recorded in relation to SYRIZA.

Pavlos Geroulanos has the advantage of receiving less fire than the rest of the candidates and this gives him a special dynamic in case he manages to get through to the second round. The conversation, however, about the October 13 polls is separate and will also depend on the strengths that Michalis Katrinis and Nadia Giannakopoulou will register.