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New Studies Find Strong Support for Democracy in Bavaria as National Populist Minority Persists

The reports highlight high value placed on democratic rule in Bavaria alongside lower satisfaction with how it works at the federal level.

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Frank Brettschneider hat für den Demokratie-Monitor die Deutschen befragt – mit interessanten Ergebnissen.

Overview

  • 83% of Bavarians say democratic governance is very important to them, and 71% are satisfied with how democracy functions in the state versus 61% for the federal level.
  • The Democracy-Monitor finds 17% of Germans hold a populist worldview, with a higher share in East Germany at 28% compared with 15% in the West.
  • Significant minorities endorse anti‑establishment or conspiratorial claims, including belief in secret powers influencing politics, politicians being puppets, and the country resembling a dictatorship.
  • Institutional trust in Bavaria is uneven, with high confidence in police (83%), municipal administrations (70%) and the judiciary (65%), and lower trust in the Landtag (52%), state government (46%) and parties (35%).
  • More than 40% of women in Bavaria express dissatisfaction with democratic practice, and Landtag president Ilse Aigner links the discontent to a male‑dominated debate culture that deters participation.