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“Do Like a Democrat”

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“Do Like a Democrat”

Democrats in the US midterms even used TikTok to reach out to young people and stop the red wave. And they succeeded. “Generation Z” (17-25 years old) got up from the couch and went to the polls. Including millennials who are around May 42, in SYRIZA they claim that this is the age that can “take chestnuts out of the fire.” Even in the 2019 elections, Alexis Tsipras’s party maintained its lead in this audience, as most of the younger voters appear to be ideologically on the left. They retain this element in Komunduru, which tries to use age, social and geographic criteria to develop a strategy for getting closer to voters before the elections.

According to K’s information, at the last meeting of the Political Secretariat, Thanasis Theocharopoulos suggested that SYRIZA conduct a special campaign for youth and abstinence. It is easiest for the official opposition to be able to increase its influence on a specific audience. The hardest part is getting them to protest against the government’s policies through the ballot box. According to statistics, the majority of the undecided, who prefer not to go to the voting booths, is in the 17-44 age group. The Kumunduru equation also includes seventeen-year-olds who will be voting for the first time and have not been counted in the polls.

Alexis Tsipras has set a goal of two million votes in the next election. For this, it is necessary that the elderly over 55 and especially the pensioners trust SYRIZA again. “If we won two points in this category, we would be happy,” said a senior party source. In fact, “K” is informed that one of the topics organized in December will be about citizens who have quit their jobs, recalling the party’s obligations to return pensions retroactively in three installments and restore the 13th pension. The data they have collected in Kumunduru is reassuring due to the support they receive from private and public sector workers. The same is true not for medium and small entrepreneurs, but also for freelancers. Specific categories either still feel that they were wronged over the 2015-2019 four-year period, or they did not pay attention to the new program. Restoring trust is more than necessary. In the coming period, special attention will be paid to supporting borrowers and protecting them from bad loans.

SYRIZA’s efforts to re-reach young farmers will be coordinated and comprehensive. They argue that funding from CAP does not cover them, and therefore the complaints and concerns of the particular sector are high. They want to give them the opportunity to express their concerns about the deserted region. The hyperinflation of production costs implies precision in agricultural means and materials, and it is considered highly probable that there will be new mobilizations in the next period.

The prespas have left open wounds, so Alexis Tsipras is touring and will continue to tour Northern Greece.

The Prespa Agreement caused a serious split in SYRIZA’s relations with Macedonia. It is no coincidence that Alexis Tsipras chose Serres, Pella and Kilkis to effectively announce the start of the pre-election period. Florina and Kastoria will follow you. The damage suffered by the party is evidenced by the fact that even in Xanthi, the only prefecture in Northern Greece that managed to keep it pink in the last elections, it lost 10 points compared to 2015. The measurements show that the New Democracy is under “attack” by other forces of the “right housing construction”, they see the official opposition as fertile ground for winning back some “blue castles”.

After Northern Greece, Alexis Tsipras will focus on targeted tours in the administrative region where half of the country’s population is concentrated. In 2015, he did not lose leadership anywhere in Attica, and this was the key to success. There will be big campaigns in East Attica, as incidents like the Mati fire cost the party dearly. What do they want to show? How New Democracy took advantage of human suffering by not embarking on basic infrastructure projects in the region. The winning strategy that Alexis Tsipras wants to convey to the candidates will be visible on the composition of the ballots. A typical example is the northern sector of Athens. Among others, Eucl. Tsakalotos, K. Zachariades, M. Xenogiannakopoulou, G. Katrugalos, P. Skourletis and the famous actor Marios Athanasiou. What message? Either SYRIZA will be the first party and all first-graders will be elected, or it will again become the second, and at least two will remain outside the new parliament. The pressure is now on the candidates themselves, as no one will be able to take for granted their presence at another swearing-in ceremony in the plenary hall.

Each region has its own special approach. Evia is being plowed open by party officials and Alexis Tsipras is expected to visit to see if life has returned to normal after devastating fires and floods. Crete, due to the location of Nikos Androulakis, who enters the electoral game for the first time as leader, has a peculiarity. It was the “castle” of PASOK, and for 10 years it passed into the hands of SYRIZA. Despite initial thoughts that Giorgos Statakis would “move” to Athens, it is said that he will stay in Chania to keep the scheme strong there as well.

Author: Antonis Anzoletos

Source: Kathimerini

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