Those who fight the pope, these elections do not win [ANALYZA]

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Poles respect John Paul II as an authority and a period. The polls for which news services were fighting after the release of the "Franciszkańska 3" report, besides confirm. And the audience of John Paul II's sermons shown after the release of the “News” is the eventual proof of this. Politologists talk clearly – who the pope-Poles is fighting, this election does not win.


TV Poland on Friday, March 10, 2023 began broadcasting about 3-minute fragments Homily of St John Paul II. On 2 April, on the anniversary of the Pope's death, the presentation of archival recordings was completed, responding to a series of "Bielmo" reports hitting Karol Wojtyla.

With its spontaneous TVP program, it attracted about 1.5 million people in front of the TVs. A small little than the series "On Common", about half of what in January "Facts of TVN", 3 times little than the elimination match for the Polish-Czech European Championship, which saw 4.6 million fans.

On Easter on TVN7 you can watch both films feature about John Paul II “Karol. The man who became Pope” and “Karol. The Pope, who remained human.” The first 1 even twice on Easter Sunday. Is the station seeing its mistake and wanting to powder the Pope's subject in the incorrect way?

Pope PiS

Why, then, do they all burn “News”, TVP and John Paul II? due to the fact that the Pope of all Poles shortly after he became a political tool in the hands of TVN after the release of the reportage "Franciszkańska 3", without knowing it blessed the "cross to the Law and Justice" in the autumn elections. That's what political scientists think.

Pope John Paul II

"TVN made a good report, but was like a PiS ball. And PiS accepted this ball, and now it cuts off its opponents," said political scientist Marek Migalski in an interview with “Gazeta Wyborcza”.

Prof. Antoni Dudek of the UKSW believes that the Pope will not be the most crucial subject of the autumn elections, but that his will mark them. The attack on authority made voters of the ruling organization feel ready to fight already in March.

“We seem to have already had the first attack on the monument of John Paul IISo I anticipate a different kind of action. This will make further voices of outrage, make committees for the defence of monuments, etc., saying everything that will let people to be mobilized," he said in Oneta. And people voting for the Law and Justice in Poland are not short. Drawing the average from the last polls, about 30 percent of voters will vote for Jarosław Kaczyński's party.

And they know who they're voting for. Bringing the image of the Pope to the Sejm and setting up his photos on social media was a clear signal to the authority. Not just the church, due to the fact that JPII is more than that, it's a human symbol. The Law and Justice defends morality, courage, the anticipation of opposing the oppressive apparatus of power (in his case the EU), but besides results in the recognized goodness and relationship of the Pope.

Who watches TVP, this Pope defends

The wicked will say that all those voters and those watching John Paul II are old men in front of TVs who no longer know what's going on, and may it fly. For them it's only the Pope, due to the fact that at this age, it's obvious. But before they and you are vindicted by the desire for ageism and disrespect for the elderly, let us look at a survey that shows who is watching “News”.

On the advice of the OKO.press and TOK FM services, Ipsos conducted studies, whose results show that PiS voters, but above all believers and practitioners treat Polish tv as a reliable origin of cognition about the world. All the more so, as the information program included information about the "scandalous attack on the Pope".

  • Among those who vote for PiS, 68% believe that TVP's "News" are telling the fact about Poland's situationAnd 23 percent don't think so.

  • Persons who They take part in spiritual practices At least 1-2 times per month, they replied as follows: 34 percent believe that TVP presents a actual image of Polish reality56 percent, that's not.

  • 69 percent of respondents believe that TVP does not present a real picture Polish reality (of which 50% replied "no", and 19 percent "absolutely not").

  • In turn, 87% of people who do not vote for the Law and Justice, doubts the truthfulness of the image presented by "News".

The results among the aged should not be surprising. Among seniors over 70 years of age, 38 percent of people measure “News” positively. These tv viewers usually do not have cable, fast-acting Internet, or a telephone with an installed Tik Tok, which could importantly disrupt the reception of terrestrial tv content. Including TVP channels whose offer is addressed to people surviving in homes.

Pope John Paul II

Yeah, but... that's thinking, that's just taking people distant from me adequate for a reason and showing contempt for those voters. Second, they were not the only ones listening to the explanation of God’s Word by JPII.

Nielsen Audience Measureme data shows that the average audience of the first 14 broadcasts "The Word of Saint John Paul II" (shown by March 23, just after "News") in TVP1 it amounted to about 1.65 million people, which translated to 12.78 percent of the tv marketplace among all viewers, 7.28% in the commercial group 16-49 and 9% in the group 16-59.

What do Poles love JPII for?

So the younger ones were watching, too? Did they turn on the TVP tonight to perceive to the Pope? Why? First of all, to remember. generational experience, which consisted of surviving participation in school academy organized on the occasion of the death of John Paul II, watching monumental films with Piotr Adamczyk emulating himself as Karol Wojtyla, and possibly remembering about his parents or himself as enthralled by a crowd of papal pilgrimages in 1999.

Pilgrimage of John Paul II to Poland - 1999

There can be many reasons for sentiment for JPII. Together, John Paul II had very good sermons and was able to attract the audience. Let's get back to the cremation joke...

"Even in a secularized society for most Poles John Paul II is an authority, an crucial figure in their lives. Therefore, the writing of John Paul II to the Law and Justice, due to the fact that it can be called a disaster from the point of view of the Church, and from the interests of the Law and Justice - an perfect scenario," said Migalski.

The Pollster survey conducted on a group of 1037 adults showed that for 70 percent of Poles The Pope remains an authority. And they will, due to the fact that inactive most Poles have a individual attitude towards him.

Another poll, due to the fact that those after TVN's broadcast and the defence consequence of the PiS government were a lot. The survey conducted by IBRiS on behalf of “Rzeczpospolita” indicated that neither the media's attack on Pope-Polak nor the government's defence influenced their image of JPII. 77 percent of respondents believe that their attitude towards him has not changed.

The Pope is no longer young

Who judges John Paul II negatively? Young people aged 18-29. So we return to the Pope's experience. In 2005, Joseph Ratzinger became head of the Catholic Church. Young people may have heard about Charles, who had been “santo subito” in spiritual classes, but that is all. They grew up in a time erstwhile the institution of the church was losing value, and John Paul II was a photograph in the past book. If they have reached chapters on contemporary past in class.

John Paul II with the child

“Those who call for the overthrow of his monuments are pushing themselves aside,” wrote sociologist Jarosław Flis in “Super Express”. Young people for the ruling organization is this margin. The 1 who will never vote for them, and if he is guided by conservative values, he will choose the Confederation (sic!).

In fact, we are talking about whether the aversion to the Pope or "revealing him" deprives Polishness. Defending John Paul II those who believe in 1 strong Poland, those who do not do so, are traitors on the services of the “left EU” or apostases who “God in their hearts do not have”.

However, on the way to modern electronic-memic transmission, since the real Pole is the 1 who has a basket under the sink in the kitchen, he utilized to play "Małysz", mocks the football team, adds no corn to the vegetable salad, and erstwhile he hits his small toe, he only says that 1 word... Can't you add the Pope's description to this?

Especially since for a generation of youngest voters he's just a comic image master.

After all, in the fall election, he can decorate the planet for his own prayer.

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