If state elections were held today, Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) could secure 37% of the vote in Brandenburg, according to a new poll. Published on Wednesday, June 25th, the report shows that the German national conservatives have extended their lead to 15 percentage points.
This would make the AfD vote stronger in Brandenburg than that of the SPD and CDU combined. These findings were published as the latest Brandenburg Trend survey (conducted by Infratest dimap on behalf of Berlin-Brandenburg Broadcasting).
The poll findings are complicated by the personal popularity of Minister-President Dietmar Woidke, who garners far more public sympathy than his Social Democratic Party, which trails the AfD at 22%. In contrast, 57% believe that Woidke should stay in office until the next election takes place.
The same polling shows that, if an election were held today, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (the Greens) could enter the state parliament for the first time. Most other minor parties are currently polling below the minimum 5% threshold they would need to enter the Brandenburg Landtag. Asked about the performance of the state government, voters expressed varying levels of dissatisfaction with policy.
The polling news also follows recent scaremongering in response to the electoral growth of the European “far right.”
