Poland: anti-Ukrainian presidential candidate Mentzen loses support

In Poland, anti-Ukrainian presidential candidate from the far-right Confederation, Slawomir Mentzen, who has been rapidly increasing his rating recently, has begun to lose support in polls.

A poll conducted by Opinia24 for RMF FM showed a drop in support for Mentzen.

The leader of the presidential rating remains the candidate of the Civic Coalition, Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski, with 31.5% support.

At the same time, support for Trzaskowski has slightly decreased compared to the March poll (32%).

The biggest changes are in the second place, where the position of Karol Nawrocki, supported by the Law and Justice party, was chased by Slawomir Mentzen until recently. The latest poll shows a clear change in the trend of support for the Confederation leader.

In particular, the poll showed that Nawrocki can count on 20% support, which is slightly more than in March (19.5%).

At the same time, Mentzen, who in March could count on the votes of about 19% of respondents, in mid-April has support at 14.7%.

The Speaker of the Sejm, Szymon Holownia, is in a stable fourth place with 5.8% support, and the scandalous Grzegorz Braun rounds out the top five with 3.5%.

The poll was conducted by Opinia24, a research company, using its own methodology, among a representative sample of 1,000 people on April 7-9. The method of computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) was used.

As reported, 17 candidates have applied to participate in this year’s presidential election in Poland, the largest number of candidates for the presidency since 1995.

The presidential election in Poland will be held on May 18, with a possible second round on June 1.