President keeps spot as Poland’s most trusted politician in new survey

President Andrzej Duda has retained his position as Poland’s most trusted politician, with 50 percent of respondents in a new survey expressing confidence in him.

Polish President Andrzej Duda.

Photo: Marek Borawski/KPRP

Pollster CBOS said trust in the president increased by 1 percentage point compared with a similar survey last month.

At the same time, 37 percent of respondents said they did not trust Duda, a proportion unchanged from November, Polish state news agency PAP reported.

W grudniu największym zaufaniem społecznym cieszą się: prezydent Andrzej Duda (50% deklaracji zaufania), lider Polski 2050, marszałek Sejmu Szymon Hołownia (48%) oraz wiceprzewodniczący PO, prezydent stolicy Rafał Trzaskowski (46%). pic.twitter.com/uxFeOHrzTU

— CBOS (@CBOS_Info) December 19, 2024

Lower-house Speaker Szymon Hołownia was named the second-most trusted politician in the country, with 48 percent of those surveyed saying they have confidence in him.

Szymon Hołownia. PAP/Rafał Guz

Warsaw Mayor and presidential candidate Rafał Trzaskowski came in third, with 46 percent, the CBOS poll found.

Rafał Trzaskowski. Photo: Polish Radio

Meanwhile, opposition leader Jarosław Kaczyński and Prime Minister Donald Tusk are the most distrusted politicians in the country, according to the survey.

Fifty-two percent of respondents said they distrusted Kaczyński, while 49 percent expressed distrust in Tusk, CBOS reported.

The survey was carried out from November 28 to December 8 on a sample of 915 respondents.

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Source: PAP