Latest poll on politicians’ popularity suggests slight shakeup

A new survey from the STEM polling agency suggests that Social Democrat leader Bohuslav Sobotka is the most popular politician in the Czech Republic, favoured by 56% of people. Mr Sobotka, who will soon stand for party chairman, held the same ranking at the beginning of this year. Interior Minister and Public Affairs chairman Radek John however suffered a steep fall from grace according to the poll, from first in the middle of the year to 12th. The other two most popular politicians were Chamber of Deputies Speaker Miroslava Němcová and Justice Minister Jiří Pospíšil, both of the Civic Democratic Party.