Recent polling data indicates a growing potential for the Alternative for Germany (AfD) amongst the German electorate A new survey conducted by the Insa Institute and reported by Bild newspaper reveals that 34 percent of German voters could envision supporting the AfD – a two-percentage-point increase from the previous week and the highest figure ever recorded by Insa
However, the survey also projects that were a federal election held this Sunday, the AfD would likely receive 25 percent of the vote – consistent with last week’s results The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Christian Social Union (CSU) would potentially gain half a percentage point, reaching 255 percent
The Green party would also see a half-point increase, moving to 11 percent Conversely, the Social Democratic Party (SPD) would experience a half-point decrease, falling to 145 percent, while the BSW (Alliance Sahra Wagenknecht) would also lose half a percentage point, registering at 4 percent The Left party remains stable at 11 percent and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) holds steady at 35 percent
Hermann Binkert, head of the Insa Institute, commented that both the CDU/CSU and SPD have lost approximately one in ten voters since the last federal election He highlighted the AfD’s current potential as the highest maximum potential ever measured by Insa