Berlin CDU moves ahead of Left party in new poll
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- A new Infratest dimap poll puts Berlin’s CDU at 21%, ahead of the Left at 19% about two and a half weeks before the September 20 state election.
- The Greens and AfD each poll at 18%, while the governing SPD reaches 11% and the BSW sits below the threshold at 4%.
- The poll surveyed 1,279 eligible voters and indicates that both a CDU-Greens-SPD coalition and a Left-Greens-SPD coalition could be possible.
Berlin’s governing CDU has moved back ahead of the opposition Left party in a poll conducted roughly two and a half weeks before the city’s September 20 election.
The Infratest dimap survey for Berlin-Brandenburg public broadcaster RBB gives the CDU, led by Stefan Evers, 21%. Elif Eralp’s Left party follows on 19%. The Greens and the AfD are tied at 18%, while the SPD, which governs with the CDU, stands at 11%.
The BSW is polling at 4%, which would leave it outside the new Berlin state parliament. The FDP was not listed separately.
Compared with the previous poll in mid-July, the CDU gained one percentage point and the Left lost three. The Greens gained one point, the AfD rose by two, the SPD fell by one and the BSW gained one.
The results indicate that coalitions involving the CDU, Greens and SPD, or the Left, Greens and SPD, would be mathematically and politically possible. The survey questioned 1,279 eligible voters from Thursday through Monday. Berlin votes on September 20, the same day as a state election in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Saxony-Anhalt holds its own state election the following Sunday.
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Originally published by Die Zeit in German. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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