34 percent in survey
AfD in Thuringia well ahead of all other parties
7/5/2023 7:27 am
The party in the sights of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution, the influential figure in the sights of the public prosecutor’s office – no reason for every third Thuringian not to vote for the AfD at the moment. This means that she has about the same popularity as the incumbent three-party coalition.
In Thuringia, one in three would currently vote for the AfD. In the “Thuringia trendThe right-wing populists currently come to 34 percent, as MDR reports. That is nine percentage points more than in the survey around a year ago. The parties in the incumbent coalition of Left, SPD and Greens together come to almost the same percentage as the AfD. De The CDU is in second place with 21 percent (minus 1 point) – just ahead of the left, for which 20 percent of those surveyed (minus 2) would vote.
The other state parliament parties are also losing compared to the previous survey. The SPD is currently at ten percent (minus 1). The Greens would just about make it into the state parliament with five percent (minus 2). With four percent (minus 1), the FDP would no longer be represented in the Erfurt state parliament.
Forming a government would remain difficult with such an election result: Neither Red-Red-Green nor any other coalition currently practiced in Germany would have a majority. In Thuringia, the State Office for the Protection of the Constitution classifies the AfD as right-wing extremist and monitors it. The public prosecutor’s office in Halle has filed charges against parliamentary group leader Björn Höcke for using Nazi vocabulary.
Ramelow’s most popular politician
As the survey also shows, satisfaction with the state government has fallen further. Only 37 percent of respondents are currently satisfied with the government – three points less than a year ago. This is also the worst value that Infratest dimap has ever determined for red-red-green.
However, the list of the most popular politicians is still headed by Prime Minister Bodo Ramelow. 51 percent of those questioned are satisfied with the work of the only left head of government – two points less than a year ago. FDP country leader Thomas Kemmerich follows at a clear distance in second place with 21 percent approval (plus 2). Close behind is the AfD state chairman Björn Höcke with 19 percent (plus 3). In the case of him, however, almost two-thirds of those questioned say that they are not satisfied with his work – the highest value of all politicians up for election. SPD leader Georg Maier comes on the satisfaction scale to 17 (minus 3) and CDU faction leader Mario Voigt to an unchanged 15 percent.
Coalition of AfD and CDU with the greatest encouragement
When asked about a future governing coalition, 31 percent spoke out in favor of an alliance between the AfD and the CDU. 78 percent of AfD supporters are in favor of such a coalition – and 13 percent of CDU supporters. 27 percent of those surveyed would be in favor of a new edition of Red-Red-Green or a coalition of CDU, SPD and FDP. 26 percent are in favor of an alliance between the left and the CDU, 21 percent a coalition of the CDU, SPD and Greens and 13 percent a four-way alliance of the CDU, SPD, Greens and FDP.
The survey also asked about the assessment of the Building Energy Act. When it came to the topics of stricter renovation and insulation specifications, the specifications for newly installed heating systems, the option of wood and pellet heating systems and hydrogen-capable gas heating systems, there was a cross-party majority who believed that the planned specifications were going in the right direction. Only the AfD disagreed on most points. On the other hand, the supporters of all parties with the exception of the Greens are of the opinion that the Free State, cities and municipalities have the refugee situation less well or even badly under control.
In the Free State, a new state parliament will be elected in autumn next year. At the polls in 2019, the left had reached 31 percent, behind was the AfD with 23.4 percent. The CDU got 21.7 percent, the SPD 8.2 percent, the Greens 5.2 and the FDP 5.0. Ramelow leads a red-red-green minority government. A few weeks ago, an AfD politician was elected head of a district for the first time in Thuringia.
For the representative survey commissioned by the MDR, a total of 1193 Thuringians were interviewed between June 28 and July 3, some by phone and some online.