Where do most Polish-Americans identify on the political spectrum?

Polish-Americans were mostly stalwart supporters of the Democratic party for a long time and a scan of prominent Polish-American politicians today reveals that there are still more Democrats than Republicans among them. However Polish-Americans are now on average more affluent than most other ethnicities and this has probably resulted a higher percentage of them voting Republican than before, but Polish-Americans are now also on average more educated than most other ethnicities and Americans with advanced degrees tend to the Left even if they are wealthy. Unfortunately it seems that there are no poll results available online that give specific percentages of Polish-Americans on the Left and on the Right.

So how does this equate with them voting for Kaczynski (one of only two countries in the world to do so) in the last election?

By the way - care to prove your comments about "more affluent" and "more educated"?

So how does this equate with them voting for Kaczynski (one of only two countries in the world to do so) in the last election?

This thread is meant for American politics only. As far as I know, most Polish-Americans do not vote in Polish elections.

As far as I know, most Polish-Americans do not vote in Polish elections.

Most is still "too many".

Quite right Billy. Even going with the conservative estimate of the Polish-American population at 10 million people that means that only one out of every 400 Polish-Americans voted in the 2007 Polish election.

Most PolAms I've met have no interest in Polish politics.

It's a fact. Why don't you try to prove me wrong if you don't believe it.

Such is their national pride.

I expect they still wave Polish flags and talk about how POLISH they are.

That was when every manner of leftist radical, draft-dodger, celebrity type, deviant sexual minority, hippy, libertine, religion-basher, anti-family type, ACLU activist, etc. began making an increasingly visible imprint on the Jackass Party.

Most is still "too many".

Yeah, yeah. How about some evidence for your claim?

As they say - proof or it's not true.

Such is their national pride.

I expect they still wave Polish flags and talk about how POLISH they are.

Few PolAms go around waving Polish flags. The ones that do are usually fresh off the boat Poles who miss Poland and are having a hard time adjusting to life in the US. Generally Americans of eastern European descent rarely show any European pride openly like that.
Now, those Scottish-Americans who wear their kilts to the mall and talk about how Scottish they are (even though their ancestors came to the new world hundreds of years ago) are the ones you should be critiquing more. Same with Italian-Americans (most are mutts) who try to mimic real Italians and have Italian tattoos, bumper stickers, window flags etc.

Polish Americans score one of the highest in IQ tests.
Of course since you hate Polish Americans you will just say IQ isnt enough.

Now, those Scottish-Americans who wear their kilts to the mall and talk about how Scottish they are (even though their ancestors came to the new world hundreds of years ago) are the ones you should be critiquing more. Same with Italian-Americans (most are mutts) who try to mimic real Italians and have Italian tattoos, bumper stickers, window flags etc.

World Cup or Euro Cup

Given that IQ tests have been thoroughly discredited, it really isn't enough.

Still, statistics please? I'm not interested in PolskiMoc style "facts" - we need evidence!

I wonder what percentage of PolAms actually cares about soccer though lol.

I am of the opinion that government and private enterprise are two completely seperate things and both should serve as a check for the other. They should never be aligned, always opposite or corruption results. With that point of view, I am neither right nor left since I believe both should exist and are necessary.

Used to be (at least since FDR's time) a straight Democratic ticket (ballot) for the majority of PolAms. The Democrats were widely perceived as the party of the working man and ethnic minority, whilst Republicans were viewed as represented the upper, corporate classses.
That all started to change in the late '60s when Mc Govern was the Democratic presidential candidate. That was when every manner of leftist radical, draft-dodger, celebrity type, deviant sexual minority, hippy, libertine, religion-basher, anti-family type, ACLU activist, etc. began making an increasingly visible imprint on the Jackass Party.
In the last presidential election Afro-Americans, Hispanics and Jews remained overwhelmingly pro-Democrat desptie the party's leftist-libertine transformation, but European-rooted ethnic communities were now divided between the two parties, and PolAms probably more often that not voted Republican.
The pro-Kaczyński vote in Ameirca is not surprising, since he was perceived as representing the time-honoured values of God, country and family rather than untested fly-by-night social experimentation.
Going back to the 1995 presidential race, Chicagoland émigrés voted not for Wałęsa but for rightist Jan Olszewski, in New York Wałęsa was favoured and in Washington, DC Kwaśniewski won the most votes. That might suggest that Polish diplomacy and their families were still under the ex-communist infuence.

Thats interesting. I can tell you the Poles here in Mississauga and Toronto area lots of people have the orzeł on a daily basis.
When World Cup or Euro Cup occur Polish flags are one of the most seen. I see a lot of Brazillian, German, Portuguese, British flags.
The Italians have the most flags (they are nuts lol).

Aside from this, i rarely see polish flags.

Ok, i agree here but that only happens once in 4 years. These international events have everyone looking for where their ancestors came from so they can fly a flag! This is just apart of that US/Canadian culture that delphi doesn't understand.

Aside from this, i rarely see polish flags.

Most emigres in the US assimilate, in Canada they tend to hold on to the culture from which they came. For better or worse America is a melting pot, Canada is not.

There are at least 10,000,000 Polish-Americans.

Wrong.

Do Polish-Americans tend to be right-wing, left-wing, or what?

the older gen tents to go republican, the younger generation often votes democrat.

I only consider people Polish-American if they are American citizens with Polish ancestry. Most PolAms I've met have no interest in Polish politics.