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The CBOS survey was conducted on August 20-30, 2026 on a sample of 935 people using the CAPI, CATI and CAWI methods. In August, the government's ratings improved after a decline in July.
In August, 32 percent respondents (an increase of 3 percentage points compared to July) described themselves as supporters of Donald Tusk's government. Opponents of the current government constitute the majority, 40 percent. (decrease by 8 percentage points). In turn, 24 percent indicated that their attitude towards the government is indifferent (an increase of 3 percentage points), and 4% believed that "difficult to say" (increase by 2 percentage points).
36% had a positive opinion about the government's activities. respondents (increase by 6 percentage points), negatively - 51 percent (decrease by 7 percentage points); 13 percent had no opinion on this matter (increase by 1 percentage point).
Poles satisfied with Tusk? Here are the survey results
Respondents were also asked whether they were satisfied that Donald Tusk was the head of the government. 36 percent answered this question positively. respondents (an increase of 5 percentage points), 51% were of the opposite opinion. (decrease by 7 percentage points); according to 13 percent "difficult to say" (increase by 2 percentage points).
36 percent respondents believed that the current government's policy creates opportunities to improve the economic situation (an increase of 5 percentage points), 50% were of the opposite opinion. (decrease by 6 percentage points); 14 percent had no opinion on this subject (decrease by 2 percentage points).
CBOS: August brought an improvement in the government's assessment
As CBOS notes, August brought an improvement in the government's ratings - primarily, the percentage of critical votes decreased. "However, this improvement seems to be primarily a correction after the July drop in ratings, as the August results are the same or only slightly better than those in June," the pollster notes.
The study was carried out between August 20-30, 2026 on a sample of 935 people (including: 63.6% using the CAPI method, 19.4% - CATI and 17.0% - CAWI).

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