Today's YouGov poll shows Greens on 11% in South Wales Central - with 7% needed to elect the first Green AM.
Wales Green Party have welcomed today's opinion poll result (1) for the South Wales Central National Assembly Region which puts the party on target to elect its first Assembly Member in the region comprising Cardiff, the Vale and Rhondda Valleys.
The poll also puts the party above the Lib Dems for the first time, as disillusioned supporters turn to the Greens.
The Green Party, which held its party conference last month in Cardiff, has seen a steady rise in votes, with a peak at the 2009 European elections when they received 6.4% across the Region and 8% in Cardiff. Greens will need around 7% across South Wales Central on the 5th May to make history and elect Wales Green Party leader Jake Griffiths as the first Green AM.
Having last year achieved the historic breakthrough of winning their first Westminster seat, the Greens are pushing hard for a second breakthrough this year.
Caroline Lucas, who became Britain's first Green Party MP last year, said today:
"Today's poll is more great news for the Green Party in Wales. Following my election last May as Britain's first Green MP, a breakthrough in the Welsh Assembly would be part of a chain of successes, joining Green colleagues in Northern Ireland, Scotland and the European Parliament."
Jake Griffiths, candidate for South Wales Central in May's Assembly Election, said:
"Green AMs are needed, now more than ever, to challenge the devastating cuts to public services being imposed by Westminster and to get Wales onto the path towards a low-carbon economy.
"Green policies provide a real alternative to swingeing cuts. We would argue for investment into the economy, creating thousands of local and sustainable jobs to beat the recession, address social problems and tackle climate change. These ideas must be heard in the Assembly chamber if they are to become a reality."
(1) 1019 Welsh adults were polled from 4th - 8th March 2011. For full poll see http://today.yougov.co.uk/archives