AfD loses three percentage points in the German trend

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AfD politician Alice Weidel

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The AfD loses three percentage points in the current ARD “Germany trend”, but would still be the second strongest force at 19 percent. The Union is still in the lead with 30 percent. However, compared to the January survey, it loses one percentage point. The third strongest force would be the SPD, which improved by two percentage points to 16 percent.

The Greens follow behind with 14 percent (plus 1). The newly founded party “Alliance Sahra Wagenknecht” would get five percent, which would mean it would gain entry into the Bundestag. The FDP would miss this with a predicted four percent and the Left with three percent (both minus 1).

The reputation of the traffic light government is still at a low level: only 17 percent of those eligible to vote are currently satisfied with their work. A clear majority of 81 percent are less or not at all satisfied.

After a secret meeting between right-wing extremists and AfD politicians on “remigration” became known, protests against the right have been taking place in numerous cities for several weeks. According to “Deutschlandtrend”, the cause of these large-scale demonstrations is met with broad support among the population: seven out of ten Germans eligible to vote (72 percent) said they understood it – a good two out of ten (21 percent) had no understanding for the protests.

One in three considers AfD ban procedures to be appropriate

Supporters of almost all parties support the demonstrations: 97 percent of Green Party supporters, 91 percent of SPD supporters and 83 percent of Union supporters. The situation is the other way around for AfD supporters: only 18 percent said they understood the demonstrations, while a majority of 76 percent said they had no understanding.

A ban on the AfD is also being discussed again. At 37 percent, more than one in three believe that the initiation of such a ban procedure is appropriate, but 51 percent believe this is not appropriate. When asked about the reasons for the rejection, a majority of 65 percent said that they had to engage politically with the party and its voters. 16 percent say that the AfD is not unconstitutional, 14 percent justify their rejection with the lack of prospect of success of such a procedure.

Infratest dimap surveyed 1,303 eligible voters for the “Germany Trend” from Monday to Wednesday of this week.

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