With just over a week to go until elections for the federal parliament in Brandenburg, eastern Germany, the right-wing populist AfD is leading (29%), ahead of the SPD (26%), according to a Politbarometer poll for broadcaster ZDF.
If the state elections in Brandenburg were held next Sunday, the right-wing populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) would win with 29 percent. It would be followed by the SPD, which won 26 percent of the vote – according to a study for ZDF. The next places would be taken by the Christian Democrats (15 percent), slightly ahead of the left-wing alliance Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW; 14 percent). The Greens (5 percent) would exceed the five percent threshold. Outside of the Brandenburg parliament would be the Left Party (3 percent) and the United Citizens’ Movement/Free Voters of Brandenburg (3 percent).
The advantage is one percentage point
In turn, according to Thursday’s Infratest dimap survey for the broadcaster ARD, the right-wing populists’ lead over the Social Democrats is only one percentage point – 27 percent. AfD 26 percent, SPD 16 percent. Brandenburg residents 13 percent, and BSW 13 percent.
Despite the high support for the AfD in the polls, the majority of Brandenburgers (55%) would like the current state prime minister Dietmar Woidke (SPD) to be the head of government again, the Politbarometer survey shows. Only 11 percent would like the leader of the regional Christian Democrats, Jan Redmann, and 7 percent would like the leader of the Brandenburg AfD, Hans-Christoph Berndt.
Elections to the Brandenburg federal parliament will be held on September 22. The East German state is currently governed by a coalition of the SPD, CDU and the Greens.
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