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TV news and current affairs programs and election spots broadcast on radio and television are the most important sources from which the Poles drew knowledge about the candidates who competed in the presidential election – according to a poll by CBOS.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                          
 

                 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Most of the respondents knowledge about the candidates who competed in the May elections for president, drew from television news and current affairs (83 percent.), as well as election spots broadcast on radio and television (69 per cent. ).

55 per cent. of respondents earn a such knowledge from friends and family members, and almost the same number (54 percent.) with information and journalism programs on the radio. With newspapers and magazines information on the candidates have won 47 percent. respondents, and 46 per cent. This helped billboards, posters and leaflets election.

Internet to acquire information about the candidates used the 37 percent. respondents. I personally spoke with the candidates of 5 per cent., And participate in rallies and election meetings provided the knowledge of 4 percent. investigated.

The presidential election attracted a lot of interest

According to CBOS year’s presidential elections have enjoyed a very very popular, as evidenced by the fact that in comparison with previous elections, eg. local government and European Parliament elections of 2014. or the 2011 parliamentary., almost all sources of information were more buyers than if.

Today, many more people said they not only reap the news from traditional media such as radio and television, but also the Internet – gives CBOS. To a lesser extent, but used for informational purposes leaflets, posters and billboards, as well as – in relation to the period before the recent local elections – meetings with candidates, which in the latter case, however, stems mainly from a different specificities of local elections and the campaign preceding them.

Only five out of every hundred patients (5 per cent., before the local elections in 2014 .; 13 per cent., before the EP elections, 23 per cent., and before the elections to the national parliament in 2011 – 14 percent. ) does not come into contact during the election campaign from any of these sources of information. The rest used an average of four of them.

More than half of Internet users read about the election campaign

CBOS notes that beyond the election campaign, respondents most often were uninteresting at all in politics (22 percent.). No contact with the campaign associated with not participate in the elections: of not voting in the first or second round of presidential elections the percentage of people who do not come into contact with any source of information on this subject, is more than twice higher than the average (12 percent.); for comparison – among those who took part in the vote, it amounts to 2 percent. (In the case of first and second round).

The CBOS also examined the pre-election political activity of Poles in the Internet – in three dimensions: information – consisting in receiving political messages on the network, deliberative – including talking about politics and participatory – involving to engage in activities in this field.

Within a month before presidential elections – gives the CBOS – more than half of Internet users (52 per cent., or 34 per cent. of the total adult Poles) read online articles of political, more than two fifths (43 per cent., ie. 28 per cent. of the total) watched video content, such as electoral spots, interviews with politicians, one-third (34 per cent., or 22 per cent. of the total) looked through political parties or candidates in the election for president , a similar group (32 per cent. of Internet users, ie. 21 per cent. of the total) read blogs and Internet entries policy.

online rarely talked about politics

Clearly less – according to a survey – declared online discussions on political issues. Seven out of every hundred Internet users (7 per cent., Or 4 per cent. Of the total adult Poles) have written about politics in the network, for example. On forums, blogs or social networks, and almost the same number (6 per cent., Or 4 per cent. Of the total) encourage other to vote for any of the candidates.

Scale engage in pre-election activities on the Internet was similar. According to CBOS, seven out of a hundred Internet users (7 per cent., Ie. 5 per cent. Of the total sample) have signed up in the month preceding the elections to set up the Internet advocacy groups a candidate, party or any other political initiative. Slightly less (4 percent. Internauts, or 3 per cent. Of the total sample) in this period, sent an e-mail to some politician or signed a petition on the network. Few (1 percent). Handed over the internet money for some political organization.

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