Survey on the traffic light coalition: majority does not see a single strength in the government

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A representative survey on the work of the traffic light government comes to the conclusion that individual measures are well received by the population, but that the coalition parties cannot benefit from them.

Around three quarters of those surveyed rate the increase in the minimum wage, the Deutschlandticket and the gas and electricity price cap positively.

However, a similarly large group is dissatisfied with the government as a whole and the individual traffic light parties.

80 percent are somewhat or very dissatisfied with the federal government, 76 percent of the SPD, 78 percent of the Greens and 81 percent of the FDP.

The survey, which is available to SPIEGEL, was carried out by the polling institute Pollytix on behalf of the left-liberal think tank “The Progressive Center”.

The institute surveyed 3,148 eligible voters aged 18 and over online from January 8th to 16th.

According to Pollytix, the margin of error is 1.8 percentage points.

The result for the traffic light when asked about strengths and weaknesses is very negative: 62 percent of those surveyed do not associate a single strength with the coalition.

A third cite the lack of unity as the greatest weakness.

Many respondents also judge the efficiency of decisions and the ability to compromise critically.

The answers to the question of who the respondents believe the government is making policy for are likely to cause concern, particularly in the SPD.

34 percent then stated: “for the wealthy in society”.

29 percent see “large industrial companies” as being particularly advantaged.

Just eleven percent of those surveyed confirm that the traffic light makes politics "for the middle of society", only eight percent see "the weakest in society" as the focus.

The fact that people are very dissatisfied with the federal government, but also rate individual measures as clearly positive, shows: the traffic light is "better than its reputation, the product is better than the brand," says Dominic Schwickert, managing director of the "Progressive Center."

The traffic light can only close this gap if it argues constructively.

She hasn't been able to do enough of that so far.

According to Schwickert, the government needs a common and concrete idea for the country until the next federal election, such as an economic policy reform agenda.