Survey on Federal Politics: Few Want Traffic Lights Yet

Only a small minority of Germans want a traffic light model for their federal government, and this election poll shows the unions taking the lead even further.

The traffic light man in the Bundestag is currently unpopular with the population. Photo: Kay Nietfeld/dpa

Frankfurt am Main afp | A new survey finds that the federal traffic light union model has lost almost all support. Only 3 percent of people surveyed said they were one of the following: Frankfurt General (Thursday edition) published an Allensbach poll which found that a coalition of the SPD, Greens and FDP would be good for the country. 29% chose an alliance led by the CDU and SPD as their preferred coalition.

In the survey, 25% said they wanted a single-party government with an absolute majority, and by a wide margin they preferred a CDU/CSU government.

54% of citizens want the CDU/CSU to play a leading role in the next government. Only 29% said the same about the Social Democrats (SPD), the current Chancellor’s party.

In the Sunday question, the CDU/CSU extended its lead in the Allensbach survey to 35.5%. The second-strongest party was the AfD with 17%, followed by the SPD with 16%. The Greens fell to 10%, while the BSW was close to 9%. However, the FDP (4%) and the Left are no longer represented in the Bundestag.

For this study, the Allensbach Institute surveyed a total of 1,017 people from August 29 to September 11. According to the institute, the survey is representative of the German population aged 16 and over.