Polish Far-Right Trump Ally Makes Presidential Runoff

The Washington Post reports:

There’s a long way to go yet in Poland’s presidential election but Sunday’s first round was a good day for candidates on the political right and far right, and it flashed a big red warning signal for the moderate government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

Tusk’s candidate, liberal Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski, and a conservative opponent backed by the Law and Justice party, Karol Nawrocki, emerged ahead in a pack of 13 candidates.

They were extremely close. Trzaskowski got 31.36% of the votes and Nawrocki — who was endorsed by U.S. President Donald Trump — won a better-than-expected 29.54%, according to final results released Monday morning. Poles now head to a nail-biting second round on June 1, with much resting on the outcome of the runoff.

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Poland, Ipsos exit-poll:

Presidential election, first round today

Trzaskowski (PO-EPP): 30.8% (+0.4)
Nawrocki (PiS-ECR): 29.1% (-14.4)
Mentzen (Kon-ESN|PfE): 15.4% (+8.7)
Braun (KKP-NI): 6.2% (+6.2)
Zandberg (Razem-LEFT): 5.2% (+5.2)
Hołownia (PL2050-RE): 4.8% (-9.0)
Biejat… pic.twitter.com/KhSP8f7OUL

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Self-described pro-Trump candidate Karol Nawrocki is projected to advance to the second round of voting in the Polish presidential elections after a strong finish. https://t.co/hz22mC7mA7

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