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AfD Tops New INSA Poll as Union Slips and Merz’s Ratings Fall

Merz’s personal standing sinks in the politician ranking, sharpening pressure on his coalition as CSU leader Markus Söder rejects any cooperation with the party.

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Overview

  • INSA’s latest national survey puts the AfD at 26% and the CDU/CSU at 24.5%, with the SPD at 14.5% and Union plus SPD totaling 39%.
  • Alice Weidel rises to 10th in the politician ranking, while Chancellor Friedrich Merz drops to 18th with a 35.5 approval score; Boris Pistorius remains top.
  • The INSA poll was conducted online with 2,002 respondents from September 19–22 and has a reported maximum error margin of ±2.5 percentage points.
  • In Brandenburg, 45% oppose the AfD entering government and 40% are in favor, as the state’s Verfassungsschutz classifies the party there as ‘gesichert rechtsextrem.’
  • Söder calls the party’s growth the greatest current political challenge and rules out coalitions, underscoring fraught coalition arithmetic suggested by the new figures.