How Poles asses the Third Polish Republic after 1989? - poll

More than half of Poles assess the latest 27 years in the country's history (after a year of 1989 that heralded the end of communism in Poland) positively, a new poll by TNS Polska revealed. Respondents had to rank the lapse between 1989 and nowadays. As much as 48 percent of Polish citizens answered "rather positive", and 6 percent replied "definitely positive". Meanwhile, some 27 percent of Poles had an opposite opinion, assessing this period as "rather negative", and 5 percent with a radical mood answering "definitely negative". 14 percent of respondents hesitated or were not able to answer. The poll was conducted on May 20-25, 2016, surveying 1022 Polish citizens aged 15 and above.