Poland’s Opposition Expands Poll Lead

Politics ♦ Published: August 9, 2013; 14:56 ♦ (Vindobona)

Poland's conservative opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party has increased its lead over the centrist governing Civic Platform (PO) party by another five percentage points, according to a poll released on Thursday.

Poland’s Opposition Expands Poll Lead / Picture: © Vindobona.org

Support for PiS increased by three percentage points to 35 percent, while support for PO dropped by two points to 24 percent.

Apart from PO and PiS, two other parties received support above the 5 percent threshold required to make it into parliament: the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD), with 15 percent support, and the Polish People's Party (PSL), the junior partner in the ruling…