Nawrocki's Presidency Gets Low Marks from Right-Wing Voters
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- A poll shows that only 35% of right-wing voters view Karol Nawrocki favorably as president, with former presidents Lech Kaczyลski and Aleksander Kwaลniewski receiving higher approval ratings among the same group.
- Despite winning the presidency by the narrowest margin in post-1989 Polish history, Nawrocki's approval is highest among young voters, rural residents, and those with basic education who primarily use social media for news.
- Political scientist Antoni Dudek notes that Nawrocki has not acted as a president for all Poles, unlike Kwaลniewski, and won with a slim majority of 50.89% in the 2025 election.
Karol Nawrocki, Poland's current president, struggles to win over a significant portion of the right-wing electorate, according to a recent IBRIS poll for Rzeczpospolita. Only 35% of voters identifying with PiS, Konfederacja, and Konfederacja Korony Polskiej hold a positive view of his presidency. This figure falls short of the approval ratings for former presidents Lech Kaczyลski (40%) and Aleksander Kwaลniewski (13%) among the same demographic.
Even within the ruling party's voter base, Nawrocki's performance is overshadowed by past leaders. The poll also reveals a surprising lack of support for Andrzej Duda, the two-term former president from PiS, with only 2.4% of respondents nationwide and a mere 5% of right-wing voters rating his presidency positively. Lech Waลฤsa, another former president, fares slightly better than Duda, with 3.8% overall approval.
Karol Nawrocki is not the president of all Poles. Aleksander Kwaลniewski was closest to that. Nawrocki only said at the beginning that he wanted to be president of all Poles, but later he stopped seeking them out, contenting himself with the electorate that voted for him.
Nawrocki's strongest support comes from a specific segment of the electorate: voters aged 18-29, those in rural areas or small towns (under 50,000 inhabitants), individuals with primary education, and those who primarily consume news via social media platforms like Instagram and TikTok. He also garners support from individuals with little interest in politics. Political scientist Antoni Dudek of Cardinal Stefan Wyszyลski University commented that Nawrocki has not lived up to his initial promise of being a president for all Poles, instead focusing only on his electoral base. Dudek also highlighted that Nawrocki won the presidency in 2025 by the smallest margin in Polish history, securing 50.89% of the vote against Rafaล Trzaskowski's 49.11%.
Let's remember that Karol Nawrocki won against Rafaล Trzaskowski by the smallest margin of votes.
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Originally published by Rzeczpospolita in Polish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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