A good three weeks before the federal elections, the SPD has made significant gains for the third time in a row, according to the ZDF Political Barometer, and is clearly ahead of the Union.

If the Bundestag election were to take place next Sunday, the CDU / CSU would remain at 22 percent, their lowest figure ever.

The SPD increases by three percent and comes to 25 percent.

This would make the SPD the strongest force in the projection for the first time since September 2002.

The CDU / CSU, on the other hand, remains in the political barometer at 22 percent.

The Greens lose three points and land at 17 percent.

The FDP improves by one point to eleven percent.

The AfD is also unchanged at eleven percent, the Left Party increases by one point to seven percent.

That would give a slim majority for a grand coalition.

However, it is considered unlikely that the Union and SPD want to continue their government alliance.

According to the political barometer, it would also be enough for a traffic light coalition made up of the SPD, the Greens and the FDP.

A Jamaica alliance of CDU / CSU, Greens and FDP as well as Red-Green-Red would currently be mathematically possible.

Respondents reject red-green-red

Almost two thirds of those surveyed (63 percent) assume that the SPD would try to form a government with the Greens and the Left if there was a corresponding majority after the federal election. 30 percent doubt this. However, a clear majority of 57 percent would find such a coalition bad. Of the SPD supporters, too, 50 percent are against red-green-red. Only 36 percent believe that the SPD should rule out a government with the participation of the left before the election. In contrast, 57 percent are of the opinion that the SPD should not commit itself on this issue. Among the SPD supporters, the proportion is 63 percent.

The soaring of SPD chancellor candidate Olaf Scholz also continues in the Politbarometer.

After 65 percent a week ago, 70 percent now trust Scholz to take over the office.

Union candidate Armin Laschet comes to 25 percent, Green applicant Annalena Baerbock is 23 percent.

The SPD candidate is also up on the K question: 53 percent of those surveyed would like to be Scholz as Chancellor, while Laschet would like only 18 percent.

Only 14 percent prefer the Green candidate Baerbock.

The research group Elections surveyed 1,301 eligible voters for the Politbarometer from Tuesday to Thursday.

According to the information, the statistical error range is a value of 40 percent with three percentage points, with ten percent with two points.