The top candidates of the four strongest parties in opinion polls in Germany are all overwhelmingly negatively evaluated by voters in Germany. This is the result of a survey by Infratest for the so-called ARD “Deutschlandtrend”, which was published on Thursday.
28 percent think Friedrich Merz (CDU) would be a good chancellor, but for 60 percent, he would not be a good one. 27 percent would consider Robert Habeck (Greens) a good government head, but for almost two-thirds (64 percent), this is not the case. One in five (19 percent) consider incumbent Olaf Scholz (SPD) a good chancellor, but for three-quarters (75 percent), this is not the case. One in six voters (17 percent) trust Alice Weidel of the AfD to be a good chancellor, but 71 percent do not see it that way.
The greatest approval among their own party supporters is enjoyed by Weidel and Habeck. Four out of five AfD supporters (82 percent) think Weidel would be a good federal chancellor. Similarly, four out of five Green supporters (81 percent) think Habeck would be a good government head. Lower approval ratings among their own party supporters are received by Scholz (65 percent) and Merz (64 percent).
The survey was conducted from Monday to Wednesday, questioning 1,336 people.