Trump is the politician of 2024
In Poland, President Andrzej Duda garnered the title of the country’s politician of the year 2024, receiving 13 percent of the votes in a public survey. Across the globe, the survey also highlighted Donald Trump as the world’s politician of the year for 2024, drawing 14 percent of the votes.
The survey asked which Polish and world politician deserved the title for 2024. In Poland, nearly half of those polled did not name a single candidate. The largest group within this majority consisted of people who either were not interested in politics, did not follow current events, or did not feel confident enough to cast a judgment. Around 16 percent stated that none of the national politicians stood out enough to merit the title, and two percent declined to answer.
The remaining respondents mentioned more than thirty individuals, but only eight names reached at least 2 percent in the voting results. The margins were tight and showed that the lead was narrow. Andrzej Duda finished first with 13 percent, while the previous year’s winner, Prime Minister Donald Tusk, trailed closely with 12 percent.
In a similar pattern for other national leaders, Szymon Hołownia, who chairs the Sejm committee and leads the Poland 2050 movement, claimed third place with 4 percent, a result that mirrors last year though significantly weaker. The next tier of contenders for the presidency included Sławomir Mentzen of the Confederation and Rafał Trzaskowski, who serves as mayor of Warsaw and is the vice-chairman of the opposition party. Each of them earned around 3 percent.
Two percent of votes were split among Grzegorz Braun of the Confederation, Jarosław Kaczyński, and Radosław Sikorski, who headed the foreign ministry. About one percent were attributed to Krzysztof Bosak, Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, Mateusz Morawiecki, Adam Bodnar, and Dominik Tarczyński. The remainder of the sample, roughly six percent, referenced more than twenty other public figures, indicating a broad spectrum of opinions beyond the top names.
Trump is the politician of 2024
In the world results, the poll crowned Donald Trump as the world politician of 2024 with 14 percent, placing Joe Biden at 9 percent and Volodymyr Zelensky at 5 percent.
In other nations and regions a handful of names received modest support, with Kamala Harris, Ursula von der Leyen, and Emmanuel Macron each registering around one percent or less.
Other figures earned 3 percent of the vote, while 15 percent said there was no single figure worthy of the title. About 48 percent admitted they had no idea or did not want to respond, and three percent declined to answer.
The survey was conducted from November 28 to December 8, 2024, with a sample of 915 people. It used 56.6 percent CAPI, 26.9 percent CATI, and 16.5 percent CAWI to collect data.