PO overtakes ruling coalition and ahead of PiS in latest opinion poll

According to a Rzeczpospolita public opinion poll, the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) - Labor Union (UP) coalition has lost its leading position, and only has a 20% share of voter support. It has been outpaced by the Civic Platform (PO) which is now backed by 22% of voters. The Law and Justice (PiS) party has lost public support and with just 9% support, it has fallen back to where it was back in May last year. Self-Defense has slightly improved its position and has 15% backing compared to 13% in the previous poll. Some 12% of the public said they would vote for Roman Giertych's Polish Families League (LPR). If Parliamentary elections were held today, the Freedom Union would also break the election threshold and would return some deputies to the Sejm thanks to its 5% support. The poll was conducted on November 8 and 9, on a representative group of 1033 adults. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A1) A.K.