Poll shows slump for Greece's Socialists

A poll shows Greece’s socialists, who ruled alone for two calamitous years, have plummeted in popularity and are now trailing their new conservatives partners in a coalition government by nearly 9%.

A poll published in newspaper To Vima shows the conservatives leading the socialists by 8.8%, 21.6% to 12.4%. A poll from the same research firm in early September showed them at 21.8 to 21.2%.