Billionaire Czech Finance Minister Andrej Babiš’s ANO party has jumped in voter ratings following its victory in regional elections this month, widening its lead over the ruling Social Democrats a year before national polls. Stem agency’s October opinion poll, released on Monday, indicated the ANO would win 29.7% of the vote, up by more than five percentage points from a month ago and well ahead of PM Bohuslav Sobotka’s Social Democrats, which slipped to 14.4% from 20.7.
