Demonstrationsbefragung: Heute die Richter - morgen Du! (Dziś Sędziowie – jutro Ty!)

Since 2003, researchers associated with the Institute for the Study of Protest and Social Movements (Institut für Protest- und Bewegungsforschung, ipb, http://protestinstitut.eu) have conducted surveys at demonstrations. This study is part of this ongoing series. In Poland, surveys were first carried out in 2018 during a research fellowship funded by the DAAD and later, between 2018 and 2021, within the project ‘Civil Society Unrest in Poland: A Comparative Analysis of Contemporary Protest’ (funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, grant no. FKZ 01UL1816X). The aim of this survey is to gain insights into the composition and attitudes of participants at a pro-rule-of-law protest, expressing solidarity with judges and opposition to judicial reforms. The focus is particularly on socio-demographic characteristics, political attitudes, and of government policies on judicial reforms of the respondents encountered at the demonstration. The demonstration took place on 18/12/2019 in Warsaw. According to press coverage, between 2,000 and 2,500 people participated; the research team estimated the attendance to be 5,000.