A recent survey conducted by Forsa on behalf of the “Stern” and RTL Deutschland has revealed that 54 percent of women in Germany consider it important or very important for the next federal government to be represented in a parity of men and women, while 44 percent of women find it less or not important. Two percent of the female respondents did not express an opinion.
In contrast, among men, only a third (33 percent) consider parity in the next government important or very important, while 67 percent find it less or not important.
When the results are combined, there is no overall majority in favor of a gender-parity government, as 44 percent of the respondents find it important or very important, while 55 percent find it less or not important, with one percent not expressing an opinion.
The survey also analyzed the responses by age group, showing that only among 18- to 29-year-olds is there a majority in favor of a gender-parity government.
Breaking down the results by party preference, the survey found that the issue is most important to the voters of the SPD (53 percent), the Greens (66 percent) and the Left (70 percent), but less so to the supporters of the AfD (23 percent). The CDU and CSU, the traditional center-right parties, also showed a relatively low level of support, with 30 percent of their voters considering parity important and 36 percent of their female voters.
The survey was conducted by Forsa on February 27 and 28 and the data is based on 1,006 respondents.