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Pistorius and two CDU members are the most popular politicians
September 12, 2023, 12:36 p.m
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Defense Minister Pistorius is still the most popular politician in Germany, as the Forsa ranking commissioned by ntv shows. But right behind them are two Prime Ministers from the ranks of the Union. The survey also shows a major loss of trust in Sahra Wagenknecht.
The most popular politician in Germany is still Boris Pistorius. The defense minister from the ranks of the SPD has 57 trust points in the new politician ranking by the polling institute Forsa – two points less than in June of this year. Three Prime Ministers follow in the next three places: Daniel Günther from Schleswig-Holstein (47 points, +2), Christian Wüst from North Rhine-Westphalia (46 points, +1) and Winfried Kretschmann from Baden-Württemberg (46 points, +1). This makes Günther and Wüst the most popular politicians in the CDU.
Further conclusions from the survey commissioned by RTL and ntv: CDU leader Friedrich Merz is not moving, the AfD leadership is not benefiting from the rise in the polls of their party and left-wing politician Sahra Wagenknecht is clearly losing support in her party. And: The SPD has the most popular personnel. There are five Social Democrats in the top 10 of the list, three from the CDU/CSU and two Greens.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz is in 8th place in the ranking and has 39 trust points (minus 1). However, this makes him only the third most popular SPD politician in the government. Hubertus Heil is just ahead of him (40 points, minus 3). SPD leader Lars Klingbeil has the same value (minus 1). If you just look at the SPD supporters, the ranking looks different. Here Scholz (78 points) is just ahead of Pistorius (76) and Klingbeil (69) in first place, while Heil is only in fourth place.
Merz is behind Söder, also within the Union – Scholz is ahead among SPD supporters
The survey does not provide any encouraging news for CDU leader Friedrich Merz. He loses 2 trust points, now has 32 and, as in June, ends up at the bottom of the rankings. His possible rival for the Union’s candidacy for chancellor, CSU boss Markus Söder, is therefore much more popular. With 40 points (plus 2), the Bavarian Prime Minister is on the same level as Chancellor Scholz. However, he is still well behind Hendrik Wüst, who also fueled speculation about his ambitions to become Chancellor in the summer. If you only look at the Union supporters, Merz is also only in fourth place with 58 points behind the three prominent prime ministers. However, Markus Söder enjoys the greatest trust here with 78 points. Wüst (66) and Günther (63) follow.
The Greens’ most popular figure in federal politics is Annalena Baerbock (37 points, minus 1), who follows Scholz directly in the ranking. She is just ahead of FDP leader and Finance Minister Christian Lindner (11th place, 36 points, plus 2) and her party friend and Economics Minister Robert Habeck (34, plus/minus 0). Baerbock is also ahead within the party, followed by Habeck and Kretschmann. The only Green Prime Minister is more popular in Germany than in his own party.
Wagenknecht written off at Linken
20 politicians are on the Forsa list. Six belong to the SPD, five to the Union, three each to the Greens and FDP, two each to the AfD and the Left. It is noticeable that the AfD leadership is not benefiting from the party’s rise in the polls. The chairmen Alice Weidel (14 trust points) and Tino Chrupalla (13) are in the last two places and each lose one trust point. However, things look different among our own supporters. Weidel wins four points and has 70 points, Chrupalla has an increase of 7 points. In total, he has 59 trust points among his own followers.
Sahra Wagenknecht is losing massive amounts of trust among left-wing supporters. Your value collapses by 12 points to 40. She is now behind Janine Wissler (46, plus/minus 0). Wagenknecht has long been toying with founding a new party, which is seen as having great potential, particularly in East Germany. This open question divides the party right up to the leadership level. The parliamentary group leader Amira Mohamed-Ali sympathizes with Wagenknecht’s idea.