Both of Germany’s grand coalition partners suffered grim losses in yesterday’s Federal election while the nationalist AfD entered parliament for the first time as the country’s third political force. The CDU/CSU combination led by Chancellor Angela Merkel lost around a fifth of its votes, sinking to a combined total of 33 per cent – both […]
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Final German polls: late boost for AfD as Merkel’s support wobbles
On the eve of the German Federal election, the populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) is enjoying a late surge in the polls while support for Angela Merkel’s CDU/CSU has slipped back. While she maintains a comfortable 14-point average lead over the struggling Social Democrats (SPD), who also lose ground, gains for the smaller parties suggest […]
August poll tracker: No progress for Germany’s challengers as CDU advantage stays rock-solid
The average of 26 national polls published in August showed no real shift in opinion between the main two forces, with a Christian Democrat (CDU/CSU) lead of 14.3 points, compared to 14.5 points in July. Not only did the Social Democrats (SPD) make virtually no inroads into Angela Merkel’s commanding lead, they matched January 2017 […]
Best INSA poll for nearly two years for Merkel as CDU maintains its lead through August
Germany’s Insa polling agency, which produces weekly work for the country’s biggest tabloid newspaper, Bild, has been showing slightly lower scores for the CDU/CSU than other pollsters during the past few months. Five of the nine regular national polling firms have put Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrat party on 40 per cent of voting intentions recently, […]
CDU average lead holds firm at 14 points in July
With just eight weeks to go until Germany’s federal election, July closed in a very satisfactory way for Chancellor Angela Merkel. Her Christian Democrat party (CDU/CSU) held onto its enormous average poll lead and indeed increased it slightly from 13.9 points over the Social Democrats (SPD) in June to 14.5 points in July. (It should […]
Another low score for AfD with Ipsos Germany
German populists the AfD (Alternative for Germany) continue to struggle in July’s opinion polls, with an 8 per cent score in today’s Ipsos poll being the joint lowest for the party since Ipsos began its currently fortnightly series in September 2016. Other recent lows for the AfD include: 7 per cent with GMS […]