If the presidential elections were held on Sunday 13 April, in the 1st circular candidate KO Rafał Trzaskowski would gain 38.3%, 5.1 percent points more than at the end of March, and the civic candidate supported by PiS Karol Nawrocki 20.1% – according to the United Surveys poll for Virtual Poland. The survey so pleased Prime Minister Donald Tusk that he utilized the graphic from the portal which commissioned the survey, but "forgotten" to give the source, as the editor-in-chief of Virtual Poland pointed out. In turn, Euro MP PiS Michał Dworczyk reminded Donald Tusk a 2005 survey. Tusk had 51 percent, a counter-candidate, Lech Kaczyński – 29 percent. We all remember which politician later became president.
The poll published present shows that if the presidential elections were held next Sunday, the candidate of the Civic Coalition Rafał Trzaskowski – 38.3% – would be the biggest support in the first round. This is an increase of 5.1 percent points compared to the survey from the end of March.
Second place was supported by the Law and Justice candidate Karol Nawrocki (20.1%). However, the quotations of the president of the Institute of National Memory are dropping rapidly. In March, his support was 5.2 percent points higher
— says WP.
The last place on the podium, just outside Nawrocki, was taken by the Confederacy candidate Sławomir Mentzen, for whom he wants to vote 18.8% of the respondents. Support for the MP is stable, he saw an increase of 0.8 percent points – the portal said.
Far beyond the podium was the Marshal of the Sejm Simon Holovnia with a score of 7.1 percent. This, however, is an increase of 2.1 percent points, as the HR states. According to the survey, the following places included: the candidate of the Left Magdalena Biejat (2.7 percent, a decrease of 1.7 percent points), organization candidate Together Adrian Zandberg (1.8 percent, an increase of 0.3 percent points), writer Krzysztof Stanowski (1.6 percent) and Euro MP Grzegorz Braun (1.1 percent). 8.5 percent have not yet had a candidate.
Situation in the second round
56.1 percent of the respondents would vote for the KO candidate in the second round. On the another hand, 33.6% of 10.3% of the citizens' candidate, the president of IPN, supported by the Law and Justice Office, hesitates.
The United Surveys survey for Virtual Poland was carried out on 4-6 April 2025 with a mixed CAVI&CATI method on a typical example of 1,000 people.
The joy clouded Tusk's awareness of copyright?
The poll's consequence greatly pleased Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who commented on the survey on the X platform. In the typical kind of a man who forgot that he was the prime minister of a 37-million country, not the admin of an anti-script group on Facebook.
The president's superb strategy is starting to bring tangible benefits
“ Tusk wrote.
The Prime Minister joined the graphic entry. And there was a problem due to the fact that this graphics is not his property, but Donald Tusk was seemingly so pleased with the consequence of the poll that he “forgotten” this fact to be noted.
I disregard the fact of the WP poll itself, but yesterday, this graphic was made by our schedule, and the Prime Minister cut the origin from it and published as his own. For me – not good to the graphic designer
“ Paweł Kapusta, editor-in-chief of Virtual Poland, commented.
But what do you mean? If there's something online, can't you just take it? Even erstwhile you're Prime Minister?
‘Pride walks before it falls’
Under Tusk's entry, there were besides another unfavorable comments for the Prime Minister. Among another things, Euro MP Michał Dworczyk reminded the head of the government of an event from the past that Tusk might have preferred to forget.
Pride walks before it falls...
“ He wrote.
Pride walks before it falls... Not the first time.
“Dworczyk added in a separate entry where there were polls from the 2005 presidential election (lost for Donald Tusk, despite the immense advantage over his main counter-candidate Lech Kaczyński) and in 2015 (lost for Bronisław Komorowski, who besides had a nearly two-time advantage over Andrzej Duda, presently finishing his second word and being the second president of the 3rd Republic, who managed to win re-election).
Other netizens, on the another hand, reminded Tusk of the effects of his “generous strategy”.
Your superb strategy is felt by all Poles all day. And Easter will again be the most costly for Poles
“ Emilia Kamińska writes, adding an article from SE.pl
Adam Czarnecki, the initiator of the "Stoys for CPK" action pointed out that besides in the area of wellness protection, the Tusk government, in a delicate way, failed.
The premier's superb strategy is starting to bring tangible benefits
“ Czarnecki wrote.
