Socialists Hold Lead in Portugal

What party would you vote for in a general election?

	Jul. 2008	Jun. 2008	May 2008
Socialist Party (PS)	36.7%	35.2%	33.0%
Social Democratic Party (PSD)	32.7%	30.8%	32.0%
Leftist Bloc (BE)	11.4%	12.3%	11.3%
Unitarian Democratic Coalition (CDU) Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) Environmental Party "The Greens" (OV)	10.0%	11.1%	12.8%
Social Democratic Centre / Popular Party (CDS/PP)	5.1%	6.7%	6.7%

Source: Marktest / Diario de Noticias / TSF
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 801 Portuguese adults, conducted from Jul. 15 to Jul. 18, 2008. Margin of error is 3.45 per cent.

Portugal: Socialists Have Small Lead

What party would you vote for in a general election?

	Jun. 2008	May 2008	Apr. 2008
Socialist Party (PS)	35.2%	33.0%	38.0%
Social Democratic Party (PSD)	30.8%	32.0%	31.5%
Leftist Bloc (BE)	12.3%	11.3%	11.5%
Unitarian Democratic Coalition (CDU) Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) Environmental Party "The Greens" (OV)	11.1%	12.8%	10.8%
Social Democratic Centre / Popular Party (CDS/PP)	6.7%	6.7%	4.3%

Source: Marktest / Diario de Noticias / TSF
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 810 Portuguese adults, conducted from Jun. 17 to Jun. 21, 2008. Margin of error is 3.45 per cent.

Portugal: Socialist's Lead Down to 1 pt

What party would you vote for in a general election?

	Oct. 2007	Jul. 2007
Socialist Party (PS)	37%	44%
Social Democratic Party (PSD)	36%	29%
Unitarian Democratic Coalition (CDU) Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) Environmental Party "The Greens" (OV)	12%	8%
Leftist Bloc (BE)	8%	9%
Social Democratic Centre / Popular Party (CDS/PP)	3%	6%

Source: Marktest / Diario de Noticias / TSF
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 803 Portuguese adults, conducted from Oct. 16 to Oct. 19, 2007. Margin of error is 3.45 per cent.