His visit yesterday Kyriakou Mitsotakis Ioannina also hid a broader strategy New Democracy: to give the basis before the elections in regions and prefectures where the difference with it SYRIZA there were very few of them in 2019 and these are mostly areas with a popular character. It is no coincidence that yesterday the prime minister from Ioannina described N.D. “large popular faction”.

Thus, in Yanina Prefecture in 2019, the distance between the two parties was insignificant, and N.D. to get 37.4% and SYRIZA 36.3%. Epirus as a whole is an area with little difference between the two parties, and Arta is one of the few prefectures where SYRIZA has won by a small margin. From there, Maximus’ staff circled other areas. Evia is one of them, as in 2019 ND received 36.6% and SYRIZA 34.9%, and the fire that engulfed the island in 2020 was an additional problem for the government. Crete is still included in the regions of “high risk” from the periphery. In Lassithi, SYRIZA took a slight first place (34.6% versus 34.3% for ND), in Heraklion, ND took first place. was behind with 13 points (SYRIZA 43.2% vs ND 30.1%), with the local vote, in which Lefteris Avgenakis came out first, being particularly weak. In Chania, the difference was smaller, with SYRIZA receiving 37.4% and N.D. 34%, thanks to the support of the candidacy of Dora Bakoyannis. The leadership of SYRIZA in Rethymno was also very insignificant: 37% against 36.6%. Obviously, N.D. she needs to give weight to the island, although it is very likely that the rise of PASOK, which is “towing” the voters of SYRIZA, will help her. Another area where N.D. will give importance to the Ionian Sea, and the Prime Minister is preparing a post-Easter visit to Corfu, where N.D. received 35.1% against 34.4% for SYRIZA.

Yesterday, the prime minister from Ioannina referred to the government’s actions, urging citizens to compare “where Greece was in 2019 and where it is today.”

And in the major urban centers of Athens and Thessaloniki, there were separate areas where N.D. I did not catch any national differences from SYRIZA. In the capital, which it is no coincidence that the Prime Minister will visit again next Monday. In Thessaloniki, N.D. received 35.5% compared to SYRIZA’s 31.3%, while there were municipalities such as Pavlos Melas and Neapolis-Sikeon where SYRIZA came first. “I will visit several times before the elections,” Mr. Mitsotakis himself said on Saturday, planning to visit the western districts before Easter.

Attica, where after Tempi S.Z. shows the biggest decline in the survey – on the contrary, it remains “whole” on the periphery – and it has its own gray areas. More “popular” suburbs such as West Athens and Second Piraeus are areas where N.D. should give a reason. It is significant that in the West SYRIZA received 38.6% and ND. 29.69%, while in the 2nd Piraeus the result was 38.2% against 30.2%. In fact, today the Prime Minister will be in Agios Anargyros for another visit to the “difficult” region. Megaros Maximos believes that if we reduce the gap in areas such as those mentioned above, then the goal of 33%-34% in the first elections and self-confidence in the second is achievable. Finally, yesterday, the prime minister from Ioannina focused on the work of the government, recalling “where Greece was in 2019 and where it is today.” At the same time, he raised the dilemma of whether Greece would return to a “scorporhoro of open borders” or “remain safe”.