Polls indicate that the political landscape is fundamentally changing

Jan Rokita's PO, with 26%, would win a general election, but it would still be very much reliant on coalition partners. Perhaps what worries Rokita more is the fact that support for his party has stopped growing. The largest fall in popularity of 3% was recorded by the ruling Democratic Left Alliance (SLD). Currently the party can only count on 10% of voters, while the Polish Peasants' Party with only 4% would not pass the threshold to ensure it would have representation in Parliament. According to Rokita, the rise in the popularity of Samoobrona was to be expected, and he stated that the PO is the only force which can block Lepper's victory. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 3; Puls Biznesu, pp. 1, 4) A.K.