As Greece flooded the polls on Sunday to vote "yes" or "no" in a crucial referendum vote, two contradicting reports currently show that the race shows no discernible conclusion in sight—and that's a bad thing.
Voting "yes" on the debt package proposed by Greeks creditors would mean a new government; Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis and even Prime Minister Alex Tsipras have said they are considering resigning if Greece votes in favor of the referendum. A "no" vote could potentially see the country ousted from the eurozone altogether, and could leave Greece incapable of any bailouts in the future.
A GPO poll from earlier this week revealed that thus far, 47 percent of voters had sided with the "yes" camp, which would welcome the potential international bailout. Those voting "no" didn't lag far behind, standing at 43 percent.
A different research poll, by the University of Macedonia Research Institute of Applied Social and Economic Studies, demonstrated that those leaning towards "no" and "yes" were virtually the same—43% and 42.5%, respectively. But that poll also revealed that a staggering 81% of Greek want to stay in the euro—a number that seems incompatible with the number of Greeks ready to vote "no."
While both sides have put on organized demonstrations, a tie between the two factions could very well cause uprisings, as they may stir an already rampant confusion in the nation. "The nightmare result would be 51-49 percent in either direction," a senior German official said in an interview with Reuters. "And the chances of this are not insignificant."