As of: April 2, 2024, 5:49 p.m
By: Fabian Müller
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CDU leader Friedrich Merz in the foreground, behind him Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD), Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck (Greens) and Federal Minister of Finance Christian Lindner (March 20, 2024). © IMAGO / Political Moments
According to a new survey, the Left is now only seen as a splinter party. Chancellor Olaf Scholz wins the chancellor preference.
Berlin – The Left Party has once again lost support. In the new trend barometer from
RTL
and
ntv,
it falls below three percent and is therefore only assigned to the other parties. The Free Voters, who are currently on the rise, are experiencing a similar situation. Because both parties are now on the edge of the detection limit, the splinter parties collectively reach 14 percent.
The FDP also fails at the 5 percent hurdle, it is at 4 percent and therefore behind the party of Sahra Wagenknecht BSW, which ends up at 5 percent. The CDU and CSU union remains at 31 percent, the AfD is at 17 percent, the SPD is at 16 percent and the Greens are at 13 percent. There are no changes here compared to the previous week. According to the survey, the proportion of non-voters is 24 percent, which is in the same range as the last federal election: At that time, 23.4 percent of those entitled to vote did not go to the polls.
Trend barometer: Scholz can make gains, Merz's lead is melting
When it comes to chancellor preference, Chancellor Olaf Scholz gained one point; the values for Friedrich Merz, Robert Habeck and Annalena Baerbock remain unchanged. If Scholz, Merz and Habeck were up for election, 19 percent would vote for Scholz, 22 percent for Merz and 17 percent for Habeck. In the constellation Scholz, Merz and Baerbock, 22 percent would choose Scholz, 25 percent would choose Merz and 16 percent would choose Baerbock. The lead that Merz had over Scholz in January and February has shrunk significantly from 9 percentage points.
The most important topic for those surveyed last week was the war in Ukraine, with 62 percent mentioning it. This was followed by the federal government with 39 percent of responses, with the economic situation in third place with 33 percent of responses. This is followed by the terrorist attack in Moscow (23 percent), the Middle East conflict (17 percent) and climate and environment (7 percent).
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The data was collected by the market and opinion research institute Forsa on behalf of the TV channels
RTL
and
ntv
between March 26 and 28, 2024. A total of 1,508 people were surveyed; the statistical margin of error is given as +/- 2.5 percentage points.
(fmu)