The political dilettantism and unspeakable warmongering of Habeck, Baerbock and Co. obviously ensure that more and more people are turning away from the Greens. The AfD gains favor with voters. This is shown by the two most recent surveys.
The Alternative for Germany is currently soaring, while the Greens (now more often dubbed “Olive Greens” because of their militarism) slip to fourth place. This is shown by the two recently published surveys, which probably also reflect growing dissatisfaction with current politics. Obviously, the statements and actions of the Green leadership (with an economically inexperienced Economics Minister Robert Habeck and a completely misplaced Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock as the main proponents) have a correspondingly negative effect on the electorate.
While the polls by YouGov and INSA both put the CDU/CSU at the top with 28 to 28.5 percent, things are looking a lot worse for the chancellor party SPD with 20 to 21.5 percent. Both surveys put the AfD in third place with 16 to 17 percent, ahead of the Greens (15.5 to 16 percent). The FDP is therefore 6 to 7.5 percent and the left 4 to 7 percent.
The traffic light coalition, consisting of the SPD, the Greens and the FDP, is only 42 to 43.5 percent popular with voters. Union and AfD together are therefore 43.5 to 44 percent of the votes. And that’s not all: while the AfD accounted for around 12 percent of voters in July last year (with the Greens at 23 percent), there has been a reversal trend among voters for months.
Another interesting development: the decision of the prominent left-wing politician Sahra Wagenknecht to leave the party probably meant that the left slipped to just four percent in the INSA poll, which was carried out a little later.
The energy crisis, the Ukraine war and migration policy have also left their mark on voters. It seems that the absolute war policy of the traffic light government (although also supported by the Union) is not (anymore) well received by the people in Germany. Only the AfD and Die Linke seem to take a different stance here and prefer diplomacy. This could also continue to pay off politically.