Union outperforms SPD in poll – Scholz has to share space with ministers
Created: 2022-01-29 06:26
By: Anna-Katharina Ahnefeld
Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) and Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach in conversation.
© Michael Kappeler/dpa
The SPD and Chancellor Olaf Scholz drop feathers in two new polls.
The most popular politician is an old friend.
Berlin – Almost two months after the start of the traffic light government, Chancellor Olaf Scholz's SPD has noticeably lost approval in polls.
Although the SPD, Greens and FDP still have a clear majority, the Social Democrats only get 24 percent in the new ZDF "Politbarometer" published on Friday.
That is three percentage points less than two weeks ago.
Scholz* also has to accept significant losses when assessing sympathy and performance.
If there were federal elections next Sunday, the CDU*/CSU* could count on 23 percent (plus 1 percentage point) according to the "Politbarometer".
The Greens* would come to 18 percent (plus 2), the FDP* to 10 percent (minus 1).
According to the "Politbarometer", the AfD is unchanged at 10 percent, the left * reaches 7 percent (plus 1).
In a YouGov survey, the Union even just overtook the SPD* for the first time since the end of July 2021.
In this poll, 26 percent of respondents said they would vote for the CDU/CSU if the general election were on Sunday.
Only 23 percent would opt for the SPD.
The Greens come here to 15 percent, the FDP drops to 8 percent.
It is thus on a par with the left (6).
The AfD reaches 12 percent.
SPD suffers defeat in new poll – and Scholz loses popularity points
In the ZDF "Politbarometer" the former Chancellor Angela Merkel* (CDU) continues to lead the list of the top ten.
In the assessment of likeability and performance (“What do you think of?”), she takes first place with an average value of 2.4 (mid-January: 2.5).
Health Minister Karl Lauterbach* (SPD), who is again in the top echelon, follows in second place with a value of 1.4.
There he is now level with Scholz, who got 1.9 in the previous survey.
The respondents themselves determine who is among the ten most important politicians and who is thus presented for evaluation on a scale from +5 to -5.
(aka with dpa and AFP)