Following Szymon Hołownia’s appearance in Monday’s pre-election debate on TVP, the Third Way’s ratings began to rise and stabilize a few percentage points above the electoral threshold for coalitions (8 percent).
As revealed by the Wirtualna Polska news outlet on Thursday, even in internal polls commissioned by the PiS election team, support for the Third Way, which is the alliance of Hołownia’s Poland 2050 party and the Polish People’s Party, is increasing.
“I can confirm they’ve had a surge, they’re above the threshold. They’re gaining at the expense of the Civic Coalition (KO),” said a member of PiS, as quoted by Wirtualna Polska.
“We remain cautiously optimistic. Nothing is decided yet. Our research shows that to maintain a majority in the Sejm, we need 42%-43% of the votes. It’s achievable,” said a PiS representative.
“Realistically, we could have 220 seats and ‘patch together’ a majority [230],” he added.
At the end of the campaign, however, PiS politicians are experiencing significant blunders.
During one of the meetings with voters, former prime minister and current MEP Beata Szydło encouraged voting for the Law and Justice party in a manner that evoked criticism.
“This week we’re going from neighbor to neighbor. We go, we explain, we arrange for coffee, we ask, ‘Who are you voting for?’ And if someone says, ‘I don’t know, I don’t like what they’re saying,’ we ask, ‘How’s life? It’s good, right? So vote, what’s the harm? It’s only four years, so try it for these four years. Close your eyes, grit your teeth if you have to, and vote for Law and Justice,” the politician said.
Clips from Szydło’s speech have flooded social media.
“I don’t know if it was stupidity, fatigue, or something else,” commented one of the creators of the PiS election campaign while speaking with Wirtualna Polska.
“Beata didn’t help,” he emphasized.
