Ruling party leads in election poll, new political power gains backing

Law and Justice (PiS), the ruling party in Poland, leads in the voter support poll, however, a new grassroots movement, the conservative Poland 2050, is hot on their heels. In the latest Kantar poll, PiS received 28-percent support while Poland 2050 could count on 25-percent support. The Civic Coalition (KO), an electoral alliance of the major opposition party Civic Platform (PO), Nowoczesna and local-government activists, fell from second place and gained 17 percent of the votes. The Left (Lewica) bloc comprising Poland's liberal and left-wing parties, the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD), Spring and Together, would win 10 percent of the vote.