The survey, conducted by pollster CBOS, was published on Tuesday, less than two weeks before parliamentary elections, Polish state news agency PAP reported.
CBOS asked Poles to assess the performance of Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki’s Cabinet over the past four years, ahead of the October 15 elections.
Overall, more respondents view the government negatively than positively, the pollsters said.
Morawiecki’s conservative government received the best marks for its national security and defence policy, with 48 percent of respondents rating it as “good” or “very good” and 20 percent as “inadequate,” CBOS said.
The ruling conservatives’ efforts to combat crime and ensure public security are also viewed relatively well, with 43 percent of those asked rating them as “good” or “very good,” the PAP news agency reported.
Meanwhile, 22 percent of those polled rated these efforts as “inadequate,” it said.
The third most praised area is family policy, rated as “good” or “very good” by 43 percent of respondents and described as “inadequate” by 24 percent, CBOS said.
Meanwhile, Morawiecki’s Cabinet received the lowest marks for the performance of the national health service, with 21 percent of those asked rating it as “good” or “very good” and 50 percent as “inadequate,” the PAP news agency reported.
The public also gave the government low marks for its management of public funds, with 28 percent of those asked rating it as “good” or “very good,” compared with 49 percent describing it as “inadequate,” CBOS said.
Fifty percent of those surveyed said the government’s response to a migrant crisis on the Belarus border was “good” or “very good,” while 25 percent rated it as "inadequate."
Poland’s policy in response to the war in Ukraine was rated as “good” or “very good” by 47 percent of those asked, while 16 percent said it was “inadequate,” according to CBOS.
The performance of Morawiecki’s government was viewed more positively by respondents with right-wing beliefs, religious people, respondents aged 55 and older, people with lower socioeconomic status and rural residents, the PAP news agency reported.
Meanwhile, respondents with left-wing views, non-religious people, respondents aged under 55, people with higher education and socioeconomic status, and respondents living in big cities, were the most critical of the government, CBOS said.
In August, Poland's lawmakers approved a plan to combine the parliamentary elections with a nationwide referendum on issues including illegal migration.
Voters will head to the ballot box on October 15 to elect 460 new MPs and 100 senators for a four-year term.
The ruling conservative Law and Justice party and its government coalition allies have maintained a clear lead over the opposition in most recent surveys, polling ahead of the centrist Civic Coalition (KO), the far-right Confederation group, and the Third Way coalition of the rural-based Polish People’s Party (PSL) and the centre-right Poland 2050 grouping.
The ruling conservatives in 2019 won a convincing victory over opposition parties at the ballot box, securing a second term in power.
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Source: PAP, Interia.pl