Zack Polanski Says Greens Are 'Just Getting Started' As Party Hits New High

<div><img src="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/68eb7a71150000149f269fd0.jpg?ops=scalefit_630_noupscale" alt="Green leader Zack Polanski delivers his speech at the party's conference in Bournemouth earlier this month." data-caption="Green leader Zack Polanski delivers his speech at the party's conference in Bournemouth earlier this month." data-credit-link-back="" data-credit="Finnbarr Webster via Getty Images" />Green leader Zack Polanski delivers his speech at the party's conference in Bournemouth earlier this month.</div><div class="content-list-component text"><p><a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/green-party/">The Greens </a>have hit a record high in a new opinion poll as the party’s surge in support under new leader <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/zack-polanski/">Zack Polanski</a> continues.</p><p>It comes after the party’s membership overtook the <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/conservative-party/">Tories</a> for the first time and is a further indication of the dramatic shift in public opinion away from the mainstream political parties.</p><p></p><h2><strong>What does the new poll say?</strong></h2><p>The poll, by Find Out Now, puts the Greens on 18%, still 15 points behind <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/reform-uk/">Reform</a> but ahead of the Tories, <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/labour-party/">Labour </a>and the <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/liberal-democrats/">Lib Dems.</a></p><p>It also showed that the Greens are now the most popular party with under-40s, ahead of Reform in second place.</p><p>A YouGov poll from earlier this week also confirmed