Recent worrying poll results
The 3rd Road proved to be a revelation of these parliamentary elections, and let us remind you that 2 weeks ago, the polls indicated that it had 9% of support, which was minimal over the 8% threshold for election coalitions. Moreover, as the Rzeczpospolita states, the Law and Justice Department claimed that it had its own interior research, in which the 3rd Way quotations were even worse. Only in 1 of the many studies of the 3rd Way Camp of Power obtained support to guarantee that the threshold was exceeded. And yet on the last straight, including thanks to the debate on TVP (as we compose in a further passage of the text), the 3rd Road most likely amazed many commentators.
Kaczyński Attack
In early October Jarosław Kaczyński attacked the 3rd Road during a gathering with voters in Busko-Zdrój. It was so crucial that PiS had previously ignored this formation, considering that it was not dangerous for him. The president of the Law and Justice organization then argued that in the debate on the immigration pact in the European Parliament, MEPs of the PSL did not object to the following:
“The PSL has an alliance with the Holownia group, and there is Mrs. Thun, who is simply a fanatical supporter of specified solutions (Kaczyński meant migration policy)” commented the president of PiS.
Positive transmission
The point is that the 3rd Way presented a completely different communicative than the Law and Justices – the rhetoric of the rulers was negative through the full campaign, oriented on polarization, the mobilisation of the electorate by inciting fear, while the 3rd Way focused on convincing the centre voters, average ones, those who have had adequate of the Polish-Polish war fueled by the Law and the KO/PO. The 3rd Road has presented itself as a political force that does not want to make a worldview revolution, for example (this formation tends towards a referendum on specified issues), it is economically comparatively liberal, as evidenced by the boarding of Richard Petru, a erstwhile Modern leader, but besides the erstwhile average associate of the Confederacy of Artur Dziambor.
They didn't get absorbed in the KO.
The advantage of the 3rd Way was that she did not intend to be vassalized by KO, she wanted to separate herself from the main opposition force. This was something that the Modern could not do years ago, which became a "starter" of the Civic Platform, and it shortly turned out that not peculiarly different from this party, she was absorbed by it over time. Meanwhile, the 3rd Road, for example, did not participate in the "March of the Million Hearts", its representatives decided to proceed their tour of the country to operate in the field and thus convince voters. shortly we are likely to have a coalition of KOs, the 3rd Road, the Left, and the formation of Holniak-Kamisha and Kosiniak-Kamisha will be able to make their demands and with comparatively large support, it is not doomed to neglect in forcing its own ideas in the government coalition.
Hoverage has gained thanks to the debate
The pre-election debate on TVP was a show by Simon Holownia, who focused on a substantive message without antagonizing. erstwhile Mateusz Morawiecki and Donald Tusk chose a confrontational tone, Hołownia tried to scope “normals” with his message.
The lobby presented itself in the debate as a politician who had a message for young voters and average conservatives. He exposed a thread that was crucial to average citizens. erstwhile he was asked about retirement age, he mentioned the queues to the doctor and presented the thought of the 3rd Way to fix the wellness care system: "We propose: if you do not get to the doctor at the NFZ at a certain time, the state will reimburse you for a private visit". erstwhile asked about 800 plus, he emphasized that no 1 would cancel the program, but added: “This is your money, the government does not throw it distant from the helicopter.”
So he besides suggested that in a policy sometimes defined by liberals as “releasing”. Holovnia is not a extremist opponent of social programs, nor can it be called a dogma of liberalism. On economical issues, it seems to be positioned in the centre and wants to combine different elements without falling into extremes.
He made a mistake with polarization.
Undoubtedly, the polarization mentioned earlier was an highly crucial subject in Simon Holownia's narrative, and during the debate he referred skillfully to the verbal war between Mateusz Morawiecki and Donald Tuska. Sam didn't get into words with anyone, he didn't get provoked.
“It’s all like a joke: “Grandpa, the war ended 20 years ago”. “Yes? Then why am I blowing up trains?” The Prime Minister can talk about what Tusk did to him. And another things are important," Holownia said.
The lobby is rhetorical, but it does not say empty phrases. In this election, it seems that much has been gained from his experience on television. It cannot be hidden that he felt large erstwhile he spoke to voters, and even in the form of a debate, which he himself referred to as a questionable one, he did not lose his reson, in fact acted like a liable opposition leader. He was much more convincing than Donald Tusk, who was out of practice due to the fact that – as we know – he did not participate in this kind of event for a long time.
KO was doomed to the 3rd Way
Let us remind you that many people who want well for the opposition to date and, above all, the KOs, encouraged the vote on the 3rd Road.
– I have a problem with that, I'm not hiding it. On the 1 hand, I would very much like to vote for Michał Szczerba, due to the fact that he is my erstwhile assistant, whom I highly appreciate as an opposition MP, a hardworking, noble man, with ideas. On the another hand, I'd like to be on the 3rd Road list. Anyone who wants it not only to be a success 1 day, but 1 in the form of a change of government, should vote for 1 of the parties outside of deep polarization. Anyone who cares what happens next – whether the PO will have a chance to build a majority with him – should vote for the 3rd Way. And if individual plays differently in their heart, it's on the Left", Bronisław Komorowski said on the ZET radio a fewer months ago.
Now we can say that the 3rd Way turned out to be a bull's-eye of the opposition.
