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Angus Reid Global Monitor : Polls & Research
Conservative Parties Keep Lead in Germany
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Germany’s centre-right parties continue to be the strongest political organizations in the country, according to a poll by FG Wahlen released by ZDF. 40 per cent of respondents would vote for the Christian-Democratic Union (CDU) or the Bavarian Christian-Social Party (CSU) in the next election to the Federal Diet.
The Social Democratic Party (SPD) is second with 27 per cent, followed by the Left Party (Linke) with 11 per cent, the Green Party (Grune) with nine per cent, and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) eight per cent.
Official results from the September 2005 election to the Federal Diet gave the CDU and the CSU 226 seats, with the SPD a close second with 222 legislators. Neither of the two main parties was able to assemble a coalition government with their preferred partners. In November 2005, CDU leader Angela Merkel was sworn in as Germany’s first female head of government. The current administration includes members of the CDU, CSU and SPD.
On May 14, Dieter Hundt—head of the BDA employer’s federation—accused the coalition government of stalling with economic reforms, claiming that the current administration "counts more on spreading early election largesse than on structural changes and investing in the future."
Germany’s next federal ballot is tentatively scheduled for September 2009.
Polling Data
What party would you vote for in the next federal election?
|
May 8 |
Apr. 17 |
Apr. 3 |
|
|
Christian-Democratic Union (CDU) / |
40% |
40% |
39% |
|
Social Democratic Party (SPD) |
27% |
27% |
28% |
|
Left Party (Linke) |
11% |
11% |
11% |
|
Green Party (Grune) |
9% |
9% |
9% |
|
Free Democratic Party (FDP) |
8% |
8% |
9% |
Source: FG Wahlen / ZDF
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,191 German adults, conducted from May 6 to May 8, 2008. Margin of error is 2.7 per cent.