Turnout in the local elections was 51.5 percent. This is grossly low compared to the October turnout, erstwhile a evidence of 74.38 percent of voters and voters marched to the polling stations. Yet this is the second best consequence in the local elections since 1990.
The first best, erstwhile 50% was first exceeded, was in 2018 – then 54.9% of the eligible people voted. Earlier, attendance was closer to 40%, but in 1994, erstwhile it amounted to 33.78 percent.
The presidential elections were always the most popular, yet spectacular 64.51 of 2020, almost at the top of the POL-PiS polarization, was not a evidence that fell in 1995. Then Alexander Kwasniewski became president.
Democracy is losing to the weather?
Even a brief analysis of attendance shows that it grows with progressive polarisation, erstwhile the electoral question sounds more and more "for or against". That is, erstwhile voters are convinced (or even hope) that their voice is of real importance, politicians care about it, due to the fact that they want more than their own political ambitions without clearly improving the surviving conditions of voters; that this time it will not be a "choice between plague and cholera."
Turnout in October on the democratic side was driven on the 1 hand Fear of Constricting Authority, on the another hand, the hope that politicians have yet begun to talk in a human voice, they have stopped disdaining their own voters, they do not want to shrew them, but they want democracy as much as we do.
A drop of 20% in a fewer months can be interpreted traditionally, complaining about voters, which has already begun. Democracy is losing to good weather, voters are not interested, they ask themselves to return to power, women voted for the Law and Justice, so they are most likely stupid, and the Polish people are dark and corrupt.
You can besides look for answers in that you gotta vote at the check-in place, and many voters, including many young people, live, work and survey elsewhere. So even if they go to the household house, their voice will not affect their quality of life, but their parents, grandparents, old friends. So it turns out that young people are selfish.
I besides heard that people didn't go to vote due to the fact that they think it's okay due to the fact that the PiS has been removed and the fight is over. And in general, Poles have it so that they like barbecue on the weekend and do not want to bother them besides much with politics.
I'm sick of this. Politicians are liable for attendance. And it's not their occupation to complain about how hard it was for them to act, but to go to voters who, in most cases, think rationally, observe, and from what they see, draw conclusions.
Fight against populism a business as usual
What conclusions could be drawn during the period from 15 October to 7 April? Let us briefly remind what happened at the level of communication with voters.
It began with joy that we did not fall into the abyss. Thanks to politicians who at the last consecutive halt putting their feet behind their feet and pushing themselves off the road, but announced “one for all, all for one” – due to the fact that we are all about democracy. A triumph of democracy was announced, a coalition on October 15, Donald Tusk even spoke of a generation on October 15, which was to go together to the local and then European elections. The PiS has its iron hosts, resistant to all scandals, embarrassments and crimes. In the election on October 15, PiS won 35.38 percent KO 30.7 percent, TD 14.4 percent, and Left – 8.61.
But the agreement did not last long, due to the fact that the coalitions had already divided up in the drafting of a coalition agreement that yet did not enter into the women's rights. This happened due to the fact that the 3rd Road went consecutive to the next stage, or turn right. For the TD, all the coalitions turned a small to the right, but together, which turned out to be a split, due to the fact that even then everyone had the belief that unity was a value. And we voters remained with that conviction, but politicians returned to the brassines as usual.
It was besides TD who withdrew from the thought to go to the coalition election, utilizing the wave of popularity. And then, a week before the committee was called in, Donald Tusk withdrew from the coalition.
KO took care of the clearing of the PiS. Right, but it's not adequate to mobilize more than its fanatical electorate, who appeared at the urns, giving KO second place again (31,9), behind the PiS (33,7). TD began smiling at hunters and the Church as shortly as possible and almost maintained the consequence of October, but it is clear that the movement of voters from the Law and Justice is inactive missing. The left persistently sent her best MPs, senators and activists on losing missions, behind their backs stood still, gentlemen – for deficiency of effectiveness she paid even worse than in October, falling by almost 2 points to 6.8 percent and allowing herself to advance the Confederate.
Why did the Democrats come down from a post-election wave of enthusiasm that could carry them through local elections to Europe? due to the fact that they didn't believe in the coalition on October 15th they told voters about. It was politicians who first returned to the usual struggles, forgetting that fighting populism was a long march. They had no patience. And the voters got this lie, and their enthusiasm was gone. No waves. It's flouty. We're going to gotta row, due to the fact that the PiS is getting stronger. He showed consistency, fights for all foothold. all gold coin that will now be influenced by the Seymites, where in fresh years it has gradually increased support.
