Tusk Ally Slides in Polls Before Polish Presidential Ballot
Trzaskowski, a centrist ally of Prime Minister Donald Tusk, is backed by 30% of the electorate, according to an average of four surveys published on Friday. At the start of the week, he was polling around 33%. His nearest competitor, the candidate of the Law & Justice party Karol Nawrocki, is backed by around 25%, which has changed little in the past days.
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