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Alternative for Germany (AfD) is the strongest force in Brandenburg, the neighbouring state to Berlin, for the first time, according to a new poll. But the Greens are also on the up.
Ahead of a state election on September 1st, the survey, by Infratest dimap on behalf of regional broadcaster RBB 24, saw the AfD score 21 percent of the vote. That’s an increase of two percentage points compared to the last poll in April.
It comes after AfD won the largest share of the vote in Brandenburg in the European elections, with 19.9 percent.
In second place is the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD), who currently lead the state government in a coalition. A total of 18 percent of respondents said they would vote for the SPD, a drop of four points since the last poll.
The Greens also increased their share of the vote by five percentage points in the poll, reaching 17 percent. The centre-right Christian Democrats (CDU) also scooped 17 percent in the survey, a drop of three points.
Meanwhile, The Left (Die Linke) won 14 percent (minus two points), while the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) would make it into the parliament, according to this poll, as they reached five percent.
The Freie Wähler (Free Voters) received four percent in the survey, missing the parliament threshold of five percent.
Yet despite the downward spiral of the Social Democrats, the poll also showed most people (48 percent) would like State Premier Dietmar Woidke of the SPD to remain head of the government.
His CDU challenger Ingo Senftleben received 11 percent of the vote, while eight percent of respondents would like to see the AfD's top candidate, Andreas Kalbitz as head of government.
Far-right AfD becomes 'strongest force in state of Brandenburg' for first time - The Local
The state of Brandenburg surrounds the city-state and national capital Berlin. The largely communist Die Linke party appears to be losing support, while AfD & the Greens polled +2% & +5% respectively. Premier Woidke's position seems secure for now, but a sampling size of 1000 voters in a state of 2.5 million people gives hope to those who'd like an alternative for Brandenburg, and Germany.
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