Tusk leaves field trailing

Civic Platform (PO) candidate Donald Tusk is accelerating away from his closest rivals at a blistering pace, according to polling agency GfK's latest research. Figures indicate that Tusk would win a second election round against both Lech Kaczyński and Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz.

GfK's survey of 1,000 people began on September 2 - the day Zbigniew Religa pulled out of the presidential race and called for his supporters to back Tusk. (Reuters)