Poland's ruling conservatives far ahead of nearest rival: poll
PR dla Zagranicy
Grzegorz Siwicki
21.08.2018 13:10
Poland’s ruling conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party is backed by 41 percent of voters who say they would take part in parliamentary elections, according to a survey by pollster Ipsos.
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Meanwhile, support for the opposition Civic Platform (PO) party, which lost the last parliamentary elections in 2015, runs at 20 percent, the survey found.
The anti-establishment Kukiz’15 group polled third at 8 percent.
The left-wing Democratic Left Alliance (SLD), which is now outside parliament, and the rural-based Polish People’s Party (PSL) would also make it into the Sejm, the lower house of the legislature, each with 6 percent, according to the poll, which was commissioned by the oko.press news website.
The poll found no other parties would clear the 5 percent support threshold needed to enter parliament except a hypothetical new leftist party led by Robert Biedroń, mayor of the northern city of Słupsk and an LGBT activist, public broadcaster Polish Radio reported on Tuesday.
The survey was conducted from August 17 to 19 on a sample of 1,029 respondents.
Source: Polish Radio, oko.press
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