According to a survey conducted by the Allenbach Institute for Opinion Research, Green voters, across all Bundestag party supporters, are most likely to admit being upset by opinions that differ from their own. This information was reported by the “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung” (Friday edition).
In response to the question, “When you interact with someone who holds very different opinions than your own: Does this often anger you, or do you usually have no problem with it?” 28 percent of Green voters stated that it often angers them. This was followed by AfD voters with 24 percent, Union voters with 19 percent, and SPD voters with 18 percent. The average for the general population was 21 percent.
The survey findings also challenge the widespread belief that social media users communicate almost exclusively within their own echo chambers. According to the research, “analog friend groups” are still politically more homogenous than their digital counterparts.
Only about one-tenth of respondents who reported meeting with a group of friends and acquaintances regularly stated that the atmosphere within these known circles favored a different party than the one the respondent preferred. In contrast, roughly double that percentage of those who regularly exchange political views on social networks made the same statement.