A poll released just two weeks ago showed the Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) as the most favorable party with 31% of prospective voters indicating that they would vote for them. However, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) came in second place with 18% according to the Statista poll.
The Alternative for Germany s (AfD) success in the recent state elections in Hesse and Bavaria has been marred by the fact that the ruling conservatives and their minority partners will retain a comfortable majority in both parliaments without having to rely on AfD, its member told Sputnik.
Germany’s Social Democratic Party (SDP), the party of Chancellor Olaf Scholz, suffered a defeat today during the parliamentary elections in Bavaria and Hesse. SDP’s results look especially mediocre in the face of gains made in both elections by the far right Alternative for Germany (AfD) which gained 18.4 percent of the votes in Hesse and 14.6 percent in Bavaria.