Voters' motivations in the presidential election. Test results


20 percent voters who voted to Karol Nawrocki, supported by PiS, indicated that their decision was influenced by the proximity of viewsthey also indicated that this is “a patriot and a real Pole” (14 percent), 8 percent He chose him because of the right -wing and conservative views, 7 percent Due to the fact that he was a Catholic and Christian and 1 percent voters convinced the migration pact.
As CBOS points out, a smaller role than identification with the views of Karol Nawrocki was played by his personal image. 11 percent emphasized his credibility, and 2 percent education and non -partyness. 11 percent He declared that he voted for him for negative reasons, that is, because it was a choice of “lesser evil”.
21 percent Candidate of KO Rafał Trzaskowski's candidate reported that the motivation for them was the proximity of views4 percent – that the fact that he is a pro -European politician who guarantees Poland's presence in the EU, and 3 percent. He supported him for ideological reasons, i.e. for a liberal approach, attitude to LGBT, abortion and church.
For 28 percent Competence, education and familiarity in the world were important, they also voted, among others because of credibility and honesty (12 %), for 5 percent. This makes the image of a man of dialogue who does not strive for divisions. 7 percent motivated its choice with less evil, 5 percent voted to remove PiS from power or to settle the previous team; The same indicated that it voted due to general support for KO, 4 percent. due to the fact that “Szymon Hołownia had no chance.”
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Just like in Nawrocki 19 percent respondents supporting Trzaskowski expressed general approval for the candidate, and for 1 percent The advantage was the family.
The study was carried out by the method of computer -assisted telephone interviews (Cati – 89.6 percent) and internet interviews (CAWI – 10.4 percent) in the period on May 26-28, 2025 at the rehearsal of adult residents of Poland (n = 1000).




