11/2025
2025-05-05
Significant Downturn in Positive Perceptions of Polish–US Relations
Compared to the survey results of two years ago, when President Joe Biden came to Warsaw and confirmed US support for both Ukraine and the eastern flank of Nato, positive assessments of Polish–US relations have plummeted – they are now virtually fifty percentage points lower (down from 80% to 31%). At the same time ambivalence has soared (from 14% to 52%) and negative assessments have also markedly risen (from 1% to 10%). These results are hardly better than those noted by CBOS prior to 1989, when Poland, as part of the Warsaw Pact, was subordinate to the USSR and thus hostile to the USA.
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Positive ratings of Polish–US relations more often come from men, respondents in the 18-24 age group, those engaging in religious practice more frequently and those with right-wing views. There are also clear differences between the electorates of different parties. Law and Justice voters are the most upbeat, being the only electorate in which positive assessments dominate, although these are equally high among Confederation sympathisers. Among voters of the ruling coalition, on the other hand, ambivalent responses clearly outnumber positive ones.
More on this subject in the CBOS report.
This ‘Current Events and Problems’ survey (420) was conducted using a mixed-mode procedure on a representative sample of named adult residents of Poland, randomly selected from the National Identity Number (PESEL) register. Respondents independently selected one of the following methods: Computer Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI); Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI), respondents receiving researchers’ telephone numbers in an introductory letter from CBOS; Computer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI), where respondents filled in the online questionnaire independently, gaining access by means of a login and password provided in an introductory letter from CBOS. In all three cases the questionnaire had the same structure and comprised the same questions. The survey was carried out between 3 – 13 April 2025 inclusive on a sample of 1030 people (65.5% using the CAPI method, 19.9% CATI and 14.6% CAWI). CBOS has been conducting statutory research using the above procedure since May 2020, stating in each case the percentage of personal, telephone and internet interviews.
