Democratic Rally President Annita Demetriou is the most popular politician in Cyprus by quite a distance, according to a Pulse Market Research poll conducted for Phileleftheros. Only two other leaders secure a positive opinion, AKEL General Secretary Stephanos Stephanou and Greens President Yiorgos Perdikis.
 66% of respondents think positively of the House Speaker and DISY leader, a drop of six points in comparison with a previous poll in mid 2023. Dimitriou is popular throughout the political spectrum, with the exception o ELAM, securing a 2% higher support by those who voted for Nicos Christodoulides in comparison to Averof Neophytou.
Yiorgos Perdikis, who only recently returned to the leadership of the Greens, continues where he left off when he passed on the baton to Charalambos Theopemptou, with an acceptance level of 47% and 42% negative opinions. He is also well liked across different political groupings, with the exception of centre wing DIKO.
AKEL General Secretary Stephanos Stephanou went up in popularity following last year’s Presidential elections, with a 45% borderline positive opinion across the board, mostly raised by popularity in his own party AKEL and centre wing DIKO.
The acceptance levels of government coalition Democratic Party President Nicholas Papadopoulos, remain unchanged, with 42% posiive opinions and 50% negative. His own party acceptance is at 86% in comparison to 71 of those who voted DIKO in the previous elections.
The acceptance levels of ELAM President Christos Christou are going up, with 53% negative opinions and 36% positive, a rise of 10 percent over the past five years, particularly amongst DISY voters.
Socialist EDEK leader Marinos Sizopoulos is dropping rapidly in acceptance levels, with 65% negative and 21% positive opinions, according to the survey, with DIPA President Marios Karoyian having 26% positive opinions and more than 60% negative.
