Polish presidential election results (with 91,53% of the votes counted)

[Tarkin]

1. Donald Tusk (social moderate, fiscal conservative) 35,82%

2. Lech Kaczynski (social conservative, fiscal moderate) 33,29%

3. Andrzej Lepper (left-wing populist) 15,59%

4. Marek Borowski (socialdemocrat) 10,19%

5. Jaroslaw Kalinowski (agrarian moderate) 1,85%

6. Janusz Korwin-Mikke (libertarian) 1,41%

7. Henryka Bochniarz (liberal) 1,25%

Other candidates received less than 1%.

[Tarkin]

Tusk and Kaczynski will now meet in the second round on 23rd October.

[krb]

Hehehehe....91,530% of the vote counted...sounds like Chicago :-)

[steveegg]

Heh. The comma is Europe's decimal point.

Proof that conservatism works every time it's tried.

[krb]

yeah, I know...I just thought it looked funny...

[GarySpFc]

Tusk = social moderate/fiscal conservative. The Poles on FR have been telling us he is a conservative. He sounds more like a Republican Rino.

[Malesherbes]

Someone wrote that this election pitted Steve Forbes (Donald Tusk) against Pat Buchanan (Lech Kaczynski.) It speaks well for Poland that the choice comes to this.

[eleni121]

Too bad the social and fiscal conservative couldn't be the same guy.

[Barte45]

Kaczynski is the only one that is right for Poland because he will make sure that the Polish-American alliance gets nothing but stronger. With the election run-off, Kaczynski is sure to win

[Maeve]

Kaczynski is the best one in terms of U.S.-Polish relations. He also doesn't trust Russia or Germany - and that is all good.

[A. Pole]

Too bad the social and fiscal conservative couldn't be the same guy.

"Fiscal conservative" usually means pro big business and rather WASTEFUL. It cannot be reconciled with social conservatism ie with the original conservatism.

[eleni121]

I'll take your word for it A Pole!

I rather like social conservatives...the more the better.

[A. Pole]

Could you elaborate on that?

No :)

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Looks like the conservatives have taken 69.11%. Hillary ought to take notice. But of course, she already has.

[DB]

It looks like the Libertarians do about the same wherever they go...

[LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget]

I keep hearing Bush pays no attention to Poles... You poor people... heh... at least you are not midgets... he hates midgets.

[alessandrofiaschi]

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[Lukasz]

Tusk = social moderate/fiscal conservative. The Poles on FR have been telling us he is a conservative. He sounds more like a Republican Rino.

It is relative to say that he is social moderate. In his program he is against abortion, gay agenda etc. However he is not fighting with them actively like Kaczynski.

btw this is funny who speaks about the Rinos huh :)

[Kozik]

I do not think so, he's a populist. I voted for Tusk.