Her candidate Christian Democratic Union (CDU/CSU) for the chancellery, the Armin Laschet, it seems he is already feeling the consequences of his actions following the recent devastating floods in western Germany, as well as the incident in which He was caught laughing while Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier was expressing his condolences for the victims.
As shown by a poll conducted on behalf of the private television stations RTL/ntv, in response to the (hypothetical) question about directly electing a chancellor, Mr. Lasett drops 6 points and falls to third place for the first time with 17%, behind the Green Party candidate, Annalena Baerbock, who is favored by 19% of those surveyed, and the Social Democratic Party (SPD) candidate, Vice Chancellor and Finance Minister Olaf Scholz, who receives 17%. However, 45% of the respondents did not select any of the three candidates.
Furthermore, according to a survey conducted by the Forsa Institute in collaboration with the Munich-based Institute for Economic Research (Ifo), Mr. Laschet is described as «likeable» by only 17% of respondents, while 33% express a similar opinion of Ms. Baerbock and Mr. Scholz. Only 13% consider him «competent and decisive,» compared to 29% for Mr. Scholz and 27% for Ms. Baerbock. The only category in which Armin Laschet outperforms his rivals is that of «a politician who is close to the people»: he scores 31%, while the SPD candidate scores 23% and the Green Party candidate scores 22%.
However, a sign of just how much the recent disasters have affected Germans is the fact that, in the ranking of issues of concern to citizens, severe weather is at the top for the first time, while the pandemic It has dropped to second place for the first time since the spring of 2020. Next up are the upcoming parliamentary elections and the political climate.
