Survey: CDU remains ahead in North Rhine-Westphalia – but AfD is catching up
Six months before the state election in North Rhine-Westphalia, the CDU is still in the lead. However, the AfD is making significant gains. Can Wüst continue to govern with his current coalition?
A recent Forsa poll commissioned by the Köln Stadt-Anzeiger indicates that the CDU remains on top in Nordrhein-Westfalen, despite weak results in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Sachsen-Anhalt, and Berlin. The CDU, led by Minister-President Hendrik Wüst, holds 29 percent, while the AfD has gained significantly, coming in at 22 percent in NRW.
The AfD had only just managed to cross the five percent threshold in the 2022 Landtagswahl. The green party, currently in coalition with Wüst, could potentially defend their 18 percent result. The SPD, which historically dominated the SPD in NRW, especially the Ruhr area, has seen a sharp decline to 14 percent, making it the worst result for the Social Democrats in the region.
The Left party, which missed the Landtag election in 2022, sees a chance of regaining representation with current support at eight percent. The FDP, previously suffering similar disappointments, fails to surpass the five percent threshold in Düsseldorf and could disappear from the political scene altogether if the Landtags in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Sachsen-Anhalt are constituted, with three of them voting in the coming spring.
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