Let's vote again

According to research company Pentor, 52 percent of Poles are in favor of early elections. Only 27 percent of those polled think that the current parliament should continue work until the end of its term. The remaining 21 percent of respondents had no opinion on the matter.

Paweł Grzelak, a political analyst from the Polish Academy of Science (PAN), says that the extent of support for early elections might result from people being fed up with the current political turmoil. "Poles are beginning to accept the arguments that the ruling party is unable to establish a stable government," Grzelak said. He added that it isn't necessarily Law and Justice (PiS) supporters who favor a new round of voting. "Some people might hope that after new elections PiS would not hold the cards," he said.

Grzelak is not concerned about the 21 percent not having an opinion on such an important issue. He claims that this result "is not that bad," and adds that "Poles are generally not interested in politics. An election turnout of forty-some percent is a reflection of this interest."

The latest polls, carried out last week by research company TNS OBOP, show that if an election were held now, Civic Platform (PO) would win with 26 percent of votes. PiS would garner 24 percent, while Self-defense (SO) and the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) would take five percent each. The League of Polish Families (LPR) would not make it into the Sejm.