An interesting display of voter's defiance against the political norm occurred within the past two weeks. during the first round of the presidential race the incumbent President Bronislaw Komorowski finished a close second to his conservative opponent, Andrezej Duda. Moreover, a popular Polish rock star named Pawel Kukiz finish third with twenty percent of the vote. If a celebrity gaining a fith of the entire nation's presidential nominations is not a sign of political disapproval of the current government I do not know what is. Which makes it even more interesting because the current political party that has been in power of the Polish government for the past eight years has been instrumental in making Poland's economy one of the fastest growing economies in Europe. Apparently their is a push mounting within the majority of polish citizens to take power away from the Polish elites.
-Kevin Nalefski
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/23/world/europe/increasingly-polish-voters-call-for-change-in-politics.html?ref=world&_r=0
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