Wawrzyniec Smoczyński 9/8/24 Wawrzyniec Smoczyński 9/8/24

2023 election year dialogues – the results

122 citizens, representing different political camps, met in 10 online dialogues to discuss national identity, family policy, wall on the border to Belarus, EU-Poland relations

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Poland Talks – the takeaways

1122 people from all over Poland registered for our experiment: having a conversation with a total stranger, holding different political views

Wawrzyniec Smoczyński 6/30/24 Wawrzyniec Smoczyński 6/30/24

Polarization: What does it really mean?

When democratic decision-making is no longer possible and efforts at community-building fail–this is how you know polarization is your problem

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Dialogues: How do they work?

In a dialogue partipants holding opposing views can experience both ideological difference and personal proximity. Six breakthrough moments usually shape these exchanges

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Community: The enemy of polarity

Community is the fabric of a living democracy. An invisible network, the sum of bonds people share beyond their private lives–this is what we would call a community

Wawrzyniec Smoczyński 6/11/24 Wawrzyniec Smoczyński 6/11/24

Election year dialogues 2023 – the takeaways

The purpose of the project was to map Polish voters’ polarization on the election issues and to showcase an alternative way of discussing political differences during a highly divisive campaign.