Czech presidential candidate Jiri Drahos cuts wood during a campaign ahead of an election run-off on January 26-27, at a farm near the town of Kamenny Ujezd, Czech Republic January 19, 2018. Picture taken January 19, 2018. REUTERS/David W Cerny
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech voters are equally split ahead of a presidential vote next weekend between an academic who promises a better relationship with the European Union and incumbent Milos Zeman, who has used his time in office to push closer ties with Russia and China.
A poll by Kantar TNS for Czech Television shows voters leaning 45.5 percent for Zeman and 45 percent for Jiri Drahos, who is a former head of the Academy of Sciences.
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