29% of pro -PiS votes in the last election came from Poles living in America.
Can't imagine it being so high, but certainly, the American Polonia are a disgrace when it comes to being badly educated about the country that they claim is "Home". I've seen quite a few things online by people claiming that Jaroslaw Kaczynski is the best because he stands up for "Poland" - with little to no understanding of the situation at all. Many of them simply know that he plays the nationalist card - and - being American, it appeals to them.
The same Polonia has usually next to no idea of what benefits the EU brings - they just quote the same rhetoric, forgetting completely that it was the PiS government who effectively implemented Schengen. PO might have been in power when the borders opened, but the donkey work was done by PiS - yet the same Polonia will happily tell you that the EU is evil, etc etc.
Someone's started a 'campaign' recently posting on various Polish forums that their (Poles abroad/Polonia) constitutional right to vote is being deliberately refused by the PO government; how? it was said that if you don't have valid passport (or national ID in the EU area) you can't vote. The person who started all this fuss is from USA and has been living there since 1991 (according to my sources).
If you can't even be bothered to carry a Polish ID card or passport, you don't deserve to vote. I mean, if they're so proud of their country, why don't they have a valid Polish identity document? Ah wait...plastic Poles again.
For comparison, if you are a British national you must be registered on an electoral list for max. 15 years prior to election. Over 15 yrs - you lose your right to vote.
It's even worse in my situation - I can't vote in the Scottish Parliament elections at all, only the UK Parliamentary ones. And the system is so flawed that effectively, Brits overseas are disenfranchised because the UK stubbornly refuses to allow people to vote at the embassy.
The opinion you quote must come form a Pole who's been staying away way too long ;)
It's a unique feature of the Polonia who went to North America - the ones who stayed in Europe are far more in touch with what's going on here.
In all fairness - I don't entirely have an issue with someone who holds a Polish ID card or passport, being born in Poland (and having lived here for at least a year post-18 years) voting in elections. I have a problem with the Polonia who are 2nd or 3rd generation immigrants, voting in an election despite knowing next to nothing about the country apart from what their "babcia" has told them.