 In December 2005, the party merely reached 1% of support in a poll.As a result, some political observers question the party's ability to further continue in its present shape.The Democratic Party has attracted criticism from other former oppositionists from communist times, who criticise that the party accepts former members of the post-communist SLD, and strongly opposes the large-scale vetting of officials and politicians (see Bronisław Wildstein) aimed at eliminating former state agents from political life.