Support for Szydło government grows in October – CBOS

Support for Prime Minister Beata Szydło's government grew to 36 percent in October (up 2 percent from September), while opposition fell slightly to 32 percent (down 1 percent) and 29 percent expressed indifference, CBOS informed. The September cabinet reshuffle – the resignation of the Minister of Finance Paweł Szałamacha and the taking of his position by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Development Mateusz Morawiecki – did not have a clear impact on the cabinet's poll ratings. CBOS reports that the government has above-average support among older respondents, aged 65+ (47 percent), rural residents, especially farmers (42 percent and 55 percent respectively), people with primary/secondary education (44 percent) and people with monthly per capita incomes below PLN 1,000 (42 percent). Opposition comes mainly from residents of large cities with a population of at least 500,000 (54 percent), people with higher education (49 percent), and people with monthly per capita incomes of PLN 2,000 and above (49 percent). The poll was conducted through face-to-face interviews (937 adults) along with computer-aided CAPI on October 8-19, 2016.