Opinion polling on the 1989–1993 Polish governments

PM Tadeusz Mazowiecki in 1990, PM Jan Krzysztof Bielecki in 1991, PM Jan Olszewski in 2007, PM Waldemar Pawlak in 1994, PM Hanna Suchocka in 1992.
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In 1989–1993, in the period following the abolition of communism in Poland with the 1989 Polish parliamentary election to the 1993 Polish parliamentary election, the country was governed by a 5 governments: the Mazowiecki government (1989–1991), Bielecki government (1991), Olszewski government (1991–1992), Pawlak government (1992, lost motion of confidence) and Suchocka government (1992–1993).[1] In the period of these governments, several polling agencies conducted opinion polls researching support for issues regarding their time in power.

Prime Ministerial approval polls

Prime Minister Olszewski

Date(s)
conducted 		Polling firm/Link Sample size Approve Disapprove Neither Don't know/Neutral Net approval
2–3 Mar 1992 OBOP 904 40 27 33 13
7–10 Feb 1992 CBOS 1,500 55 25 20 30
3–10 Jan 1992 CBOS 1,000 43 29 40[a] 14

Prime Minister Mazowiecki

Date(s)
conducted 		Polling firm/Link Sample size Approve Disapprove Neither Don't know/Neutral Net approval
17–23 Oct 1990 CBOS 1,477 73.2 17.0 9.5 56.2
11–27 Sep 1990 CBOS 1,459 72.7 16.2 10.8 56.5
12–15 Jul 1990 CBOS 1,481 76.4 12.1 64.3
Jun 1990 CBOS 81.4 10.2 8.1 71.2
May 1990 CBOS 81.2 8.0 10.8 73.2
Apr 1990 CBOS 84.4 7.1 8.4 77.3
Mar 1990 CBOS[b] 1,502 90.0 5.4 4.6 84.6
16–19 Feb 1990 CBOS 1,498 88.9 5.3 83.6
13–15 Jan 1990 CBOS[b] 1,486 91.3 3.7 4.8 87.6
Nov 1989 CBOS 94.7 1.6 93.1

Will ... be a good prime minister?

Date(s)
conducted 		Polling firm/Link Sample size Subject Good Bad Don't know/Neutral Net approval
17–19 Jan 1992 OBOP 821 Olszewski 54 23 23 31
18–19 Sep 1989 OBOP Mazowiecki 81 3 16 78
4–5 Sep 1989 Mazowiecki 76 4 20 72

Governmental approval polls

Olszewski government

Date(s)
conducted 		Polling firm/Link Sample size Approve Disapprove Neither Don't know/Neutral Net approval
5–10 Mar 1992 CBOS 1,172 33 46 21 –13

Mazowiecki government

Date(s)
conducted 		Polling firm/Link Sample size Approve Disapprove Neither Don't know/Neutral Net approval
17–18 Nov 1990 CBOS 1,490 55 29 16 26
8–9 Oct 1990 OBOP 1,000 57 34 9 27
Oct 1990 CBOS 56 26 18 30
11–27 Sep 1990 CBOS 1,459 58 29 13 29
Jul 1990 CBOS 56 28 16 28
22–26 Jun 1990 CBOS 1,490 61 22 17 39
17–23 May 1990 CBOS 1,474 62.4 19.5 18.0 42.9
Apr 1990 64.0 19.1 16.7 44.9
Mar 1990 67.4 17.4 14.2 50.0
Feb 1990 73.9 14.2 11.7 59.7
Jan 1990 75.0 11.9 13.0 63.1
Nov 1989 87.4 4.5 8.0 82.9
23–24 Oct 1989 OBOP 73 9 18 64

See also

Notes

  1. ^ 29 — no opinion, 11 — doesn't know Olszewski
  2. ^ a b Poll asked whether respondent believed that the person's actions were consistent with the interests of society. In later polls, CBOS later presented this poll as an approval poll.

References

  1. ^ Dudek, Antoni (2023). Historia polityczna Polski 1989–2023 [Polish political history 1989-2023] (in Polish). Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Scholar. ISBN 978-83-67450-66-9.
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