The AfD’s 20 percent support nationwide is unprecedented.
The Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is more popular with voters than ever before, soaring to 20 percent of the vote in the latest Sunday poll, released every week by INSA on behalf of Bild newspaper. It has never reached this level in an INSA poll before, with the AfD’s steady weekly ascent in popularity shaking the German political establishment.
The poll shows that the AfD improved by half a percentage point compared to last week’s poll, leaving it tied with the Social Democrats (SPD) and only 6.5 points behind the Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU).
In the poll, the CDU and FDP each lost half a percentage point, bringing both parties to 26.5 and 7.5 percent, respectively.
AfD politicians celebrated the polling results, with Martin Hess posting on Twitter: “Record! In the ‘Sunday Question’ survey by the Insa Institute, our AfD comes to 20 percent nationwide. That puts us on par with the ruling SPD and only 6.5 percentage points behind the Union.”
Rekord! In der vom Insa-Institut erhobenen „Sonntagsfrage“ kommt unsere AfD bundesweit auf 20 Prozent. Damit liegen wir gleichauf mit der regierenden SPD und nur noch 6,5 Prozentpunkte hinter der Union.https://t.co/G1qI05HdDu#Insa #AfD #Union #SPD #Ampel #Ampelkoalition #CDU pic.twitter.com/KRTqb6FY8n
— Martin Hess (@Martin_Hess_MdB) June 19, 2023