Overview
- The latest ZDF Politbarometer, conducted Nov. 4–6, places AfD and the Union (CDU/CSU) level at 26 percent each.
- CDU/CSU and SPD together register 40 percent, the weakest combined showing in more than four years, with the SPD at 14 percent for its lowest value this year.
- Public evaluation of the government's performance deteriorates, with 55 percent rating its work rather poor and only 38 percent believing it helps solve national problems.
- Views on the return of Syrian refugees are divided: 15 percent favor immediate return for all, 44 percent support returns for those without jobs, and 37 percent prefer to wait for better conditions.
- Defence Minister Boris Pistorius remains the highest-rated politician, and the survey’s methodology cites 1,322 respondents with a ±3 percentage point margin of error.