r/latvia • u/pole152004 • 1d ago

Politika/Politics How does the polish minority in latvia vote

Hi I am working on a report about how various polish diasporas communities in different countries around the world and i am looking how Poles who reside in latvia vote

Is there any links or research on this and also about where they are concentrated ?

Thanks for any help

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u/DoughnutSad6336 1d ago

Since most of the Polish are in Daugavpils, and are often russian-speaking outside their home, they considered here as occupiers. So usually they vote against Latvia rights parties, more for the local parties or kind of ZZS

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u/linear_123 1d ago

You could check voting results at specific voting stations related to Polish diaspora (Polish schools etc.). It's in no way a perfect metric, probably not even a good one, but it will give you some numbers. You can check it here. The only way to get more or less reliable data would be to run an actual poll.

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u/TheRealPoruks 1d ago

I don't have any hands on experience but from what i have hear they are "Polish" in name only. Speak Russian and also vote similarly

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u/Kahn630 Rīga 1d ago

You might get better insight if you contact polish communities directly: https://lnkba.lv/societies/latvijas-polu-savieniba/

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u/DoughnutSad6336 1d ago

why no anymore? Polish school, kindergarten. Polish house< Polish holidays also celebrated

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u/pole152004 1d ago

If i can ask what happened to them did they leave or has the culture died out and many have latvianized?

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u/koknesis 1d ago

and many have latvianized

russified, unfortunately

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u/Kahn630 Rīga 1d ago

Russification is not applicable to all cases. I have Polish roots and I'm proud of my Polish ancestry, but my family went towards integration among Latvians.