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Political party preferences in January The parliamentary crisis and events of recent weeks (including the New Year's Eve trip abroad by Ryszard Petru, leader of Nowoczesna, with another MP from this party, made during the protest) have contributed to changes in the support for political parties. Nowoczesna suffered significant losses, while some gains were recorded by parties that distanced themselves from the conflict between, on one side, PiS, and on the other PO and Nowoczesna. The ruling party (PiS) retained high support, more than one-third of declared voters (37%) would vote for it. PO was second, enjoying the support of 16% of voters. In third place, a long distance behind PO, is Nowoczesna, currently supported by only 9% of respondents who would vote in an election. Compared with December the support for the party of Ryszard Petru decreased by 5 percentage points, and its ratings are now the worst since the last parliamentary elections. The Kukiz'15 movement, at 8%, received only slightly less support than Nowoczesna, which until recently aspired to be the leader of the opposition. In January, the Alliance of the Democratic Left (SLD) would have a chance to gain parliamentary representation (6% of supporters, an increase of 2 percentage points). Polish Peasant Party (PSL) has support on the border of the electoral threshold (5%). It also slightly raised the number of supporters (an increase of 2 points). Support for … 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 7–15 14–21 Wyniki 3–10 7–14 21–28 3–10 2–9 12–19 31 III 5–12 18–29 2–9 30 VI 17–25 8–15 8–19 4–13 1–11 7–15 X X wyborów XII I I II III III –7 IV V V VI –7 VII VIII IX X XI XII I 2015 2015 25 X 2015 2015 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2017 Law and Justice (PiS) Civic Platform (PO) Modern Party (Nowoczesna - Ryszard Petru) Kukiz’15 Alliance of the Democratic Left (SLD) Polish Peasant Party (PSL) More information about this topic can be found in CBOS report in Polish: “Political Party Preferences in January", January 2017. Fieldwork for national sample: January 2017, N=1025. The random address sample is representative for adult population of Poland. .

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