Who should become finance minister ?: Lindner is more popular than Habeck

Who should become finance minister?
Lindner is more popular than Habeck

On the sidelines of the current exploratory talks between the SPD, the Greens and the FDP, there is also a discussion about who should become Federal Finance Minister: Greens boss Habeck or FDP boss Lindner. In the trend barometer, Lindner comes to 44 percent on this question.

A majority of Germans consider the FDP chairman Christian Lindner more suitable than the Greens leader Robert Habeck to take over the office of Federal Minister of Finance. In response to a corresponding question, 44 percent of the alternatives named Lindner or Habeck name the Liberals and 29 percent the Greens.

Around one in four respondents, namely 27 percent, think neither Lindner nor Habeck is suitable for the office. Men and voters of the Union, the AfD and, above all, the FDP speak out in favor of Lindner. In addition to the voters of the Greens, the voters of the SPD and the left speak out in favor of Habeck more than average.

Among the men, 51 percent say Lindner would be better suited as finance minister, while only 24 percent of men opt for Habeck. Lindner receives 37 percent of the women, Habeck 33 percent. Among the supporters of the SPD, Habeck has 46 percent, Lindner 33 percent. Among the supporters of the Union parties, 65 percent name Lindner and 19 percent Habeck.

60 percent of the Green supporters consider Habeck to be the better finance minister, 23 percent of them think Lindner is better. Among the FDP supporters, Habeck has an approval of 16 percent, Lindner reaches 75 percent. Left-wing supporters support 70 percent Habeck and 12 percent Lindner. 57 percent of AfD supporters find Lindner better as finance minister, 8 percent say this about Habeck.

The data was collected by the market and opinion research institute Forsa on behalf of RTL Germany from October 28th to 29th, 2021. Database: 1000 respondents. Statistical error tolerance: +/- 3 percentage points.

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