{"id":1150484,"date":"2026-08-15T18:44:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T18:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1150484\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T18:44:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T18:44:32","slug":"poll-sees-germanys-conservatives-at-lowest-level-since-october-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1150484\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll sees Germany’s conservatives at lowest level since October 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

With just a few weeks to go before three key state elections, an INSA poll shows Germany’s conservative bloc performing worse nationwide than it has for almost five years.<\/p>\n

In its weekly survey, which the polling organization conducts for Sunday tabloid Bild am Sonntag, Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s conservatives – made up of the Christian Democratic Union and its Bavarian sister party the Christian Social Union – are now polling at just 20%.<\/p>\n

According to the newspaper, this is the lowest figure recorded by INSA for the conservatives since October 2021 and one percentage point lower than the previous week.<\/p>\n

The far-right Alternative for Germany remains the clear frontrunner with 28%.<\/p>\n

The Greens remain unchanged at 13%, while the Social Democrats and The Left each remain at 12%.<\/p>\n

As in the previous week, the Free Democrats would reach the threshold to enter parliament with 5% if an election were held on Sunday. The Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance, on the other hand, would fail to meet the threshold, with 3% of votes.<\/p>\n

Three state elections are due to take place in September. Saxony-Anhalt kicks things off on September 6, followed by Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Berlin on September 20. The AfD is set to see record gains. In Saxony-Anhalt, the party could even gain an unprecedented absolute majority, allowing it to enter a state government for the first time.<\/p>\n

INSA surveyed 1,203 people from August 10 to 14. The institute put the margin of error at plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.<\/p>\n

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