Germany: Far-right AfD rises in the polls – DW – 04/03/2025
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A new opinion poll shows the likely future Chancellor Friedrich Merz from the conservative CDU party losing support even before his government is formed. The populist AfD is cashing in on the dissatisfaction.

Already there is a new trend, according to the latest Deutschlandtrend survey conducted for German broadcaster ARD. Pollster infratest dimap surveyed a representative sample of 1,334 eligible German voters from March 31 to April 2. The CDU/CSU slumped to 26%, their lowest level since October 2022, while the AfD reached a new high of 24%.

Seven out of ten respondents in the ARD Deutschlandtrend survey would like to see higher import tariffs on US products in retaliation

  • rumschlumpel@feddit.orgEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Yeah, a lot of the problems that the AfD talk about are real (when they aren’t making up numbers about immigrants). It just sucks that the voters are flocking to the xenophobes instead of parties that at least try to improve things, and I think the latent xenophobia in a large part of the population (way more than 10%, though they’re not necessarily all as extreme as those 10%) is a big reason why. And propaganda, of course.

    • MIXEDUNIVERS@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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      2 days ago

      And the Sadest thing is. That like Trump the AFD wants more money for the rich and less for the poor. And most Voters are poor and dont’t understand what they will do if they have the power.