Poland’s Far-Right Confederation Party Slides in Poll
A presidential election campaign poster featuring Krzysztof Bosak, a Confederation Liberty and Independence party candidate, is displayed defaced on a post in Wroclaw, Poland.
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The support for Poland’s far-right party slumped in the latest opinion poll with the ruling Law & Justice party short of the majority to stay in power less than two months before a parliamentary election.
Seen until recently as a potential kingmaker after Oct. 15 vote, the Confederation lost 5.3 percentage points to 7.8%, falling to the fourth place, in Aug. 18-20 poll by United Surveys for wp.pl website. Law & Justice advanced 1.6 percentage points to 34.5% while the main opposition Civic Platform gained 3.1 percentage points to 31.2%.