34/2019
2019-12-12
Why Stand for Parliament?
In October Poland elected new members to both houses of Parliament, the Sejm and the Senate. As part of the CBOS November survey, people were asked why they thought someone might want to stand for Parliament. This question has been asked before, most recently in 2011.
In previous surveys two factors were dominant, money and power, but this year marked a significant change in how the motivation of Members of Parliament (MPs) was perceived.
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More on this subject in the CBOS report.
The above data comes from ‘Current Events and Problems’ surveys carried out in the period 1999-2019.