An Ipsos survey conducted December 5‑9 found Polish voters rate Prime Minister Donald Tusk negatively, while Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski enjoys stronger approval.
Poll methodology and basic results
The Ipsos survey of 1,000 respondents used CATI and CAWI methods. Fifty‑one percent of voters gave Tusk a negative rating, 27 % positive, 19 % neutral and 3 % said they did not know him. Sikorski received a 36 % negative rating, 30 % positive, 22 % neutral and 12 % did not know him.
Tusk support among voters
Among Civic Coalition supporters, 87 % view Tusk positively and only 6 % negatively. In contrast, 74 % of PiS voters hold a negative view of him, with 4 % positive. Polskie 2050 supporters rate him positively 43 %, while only 24 % of PSL supporters do. Among voters who say Tusk is negative, 46 % are from PSL and 28 % from Polskie 2050. Supporters of the Confederation and Poland Crown Confederation give a 1 % positive rating, but 65 % of Sławomir Mentzen’s party and 87 % of Grzegorz Braun’s party rate him negatively; other respondents could not rate or do not know him.
Sikorski support among voters
Sikorski enjoys a 86 % positive rating from Civic Coalition voters. New Left voters rate him 69 % positive, Polskie 2050 60 %, PSL 49 %, Together 35 %, PiS only 9 %, Confederation 5 % and Poland Crown Confederation 2 %. Negative ratings come mainly from Braun’s party at 84 %, PiS at 71 %, Confederation 63 %, Together 23 %, PSL 12 % and New Left 7 %. KO voters give a 3 % negative rating. The remainder could not rate or do not know him.
Two years of coalition rule
On December 12 it marked the second anniversary of Donald Tusk’s premiership and the inauguration of the new cabinet. President Andrzej Duda formally appointed the prime minister and ministers at the Presidential Palace. The Civic Coalition leader summed up the two‑year term on X with praise for the coalition’s achievements and confidence that Poland deserves more. An Ipsos poll for Polish Radio found that 49.6 % of respondents believe the coalition will remain intact for the next election, 30 % think it will survive but change, and 20 % have no opinion.
