Forsa survey: Majority for Chancellor Merz's resignation

dpa | After the disastrous state elections in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Berlin for the CDU, a survey shows that a majority is in favor of the Chancellor's resignation. According to the RTL/ntv “Trend Barometer”, 55 percent of those surveyed think that Friedrich Merz (CDU) should resign from his government position. 40 percent are in favor of the Chancellor remaining in office.

East Germans and supporters of the Left agree with resignation at 68 percent and 65 percent respectively. The number among SPD supporters is lower. 43 percent are in favor of the Chancellor's resignation. The Chancellor has most of his supporters within his own ranks. 78 percent of Union supporters reject resignation, only 21 percent support it. Support for Merz's resignation is particularly strong among AfD supporters. 89 percent of them are in favor of it.

Forsa surveyed 1,509 people between September 17th and 21st. The institute specifies the error tolerance to be around +/- 3 percentage points.

In the Sunday question, the Union remains at its low of 20 percent, the strongest force is the AfD with an unchanged 27 percent. The Greens lose one percentage point compared to the previous week and would therefore reach 17 percent if the Bundestag were elected next Sunday. Behind them come the SPD and the Left with 12 percent each. The FDP remains at 4 percent, the BSW remains at 3 percent.

The “Trend Barometer” is based on representative Forsa surveys commissioned by RTL Deutschland. Forsa surveyed 2,504 people between September 15th and 21st. The institute specifies the error tolerance to be around +/- 2.5 percentage points.

Election surveys are generally subject to uncertainty. Among other things, weakening party ties and increasingly short-term voting decisions make it more difficult for opinion research institutes to weight the data collected. In principle, surveys only reflect the opinion at the time of the survey and are not predictions of possible election outcomes.