Post-election voters’ remorse? CDU and SPD drop dramatically in Forsa poll, AfD jumps even higher

Three and half weeks after the election, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) continues to grow in support, with the latest Forsa poll stating the party has reached 23 percent while the Christian Democrats (CDU) dropped to 27 percent.

The Forsa poll only had the AfD hitting 23 percent once back in 2023. Now, the party is only four points behind the CDU, and the CDU already lost 1.5 points from its election result.

Of course, all of this is mostly a moot point. Assuming CDU leader Friedrich Merz can secure a coalition deal and become chancellor, which is the most expected outcome, the CDU and Social Democrats (SPD) can expect to be in power for another four years.

However, the polling shows that the SPD, which already received a record-low result during the elections, dropped even further in the latest poll to just 14 percent. The party received 16.4 percent during the election.

The CDU/CSU and SPD have a combined result of only 41 percent, a four-point drop since Feb. 23, which means both parties would no longer have a parliamentary majority. It appears a number of Germans are already rethinking their support of the two parties, with many CDU voters expressing dissatisfaction with the CDU’s decision to suspend the debt brake and take on a historic level of debt.

The poll also shows that deep distrust reigns in German society, with only a third of voters trusting Merz, which is down four points in just one week, likely due to the vote in parliament to suspend the debt brake.

The polling also showed the Left Party gained 2.2 points to sit at 11 percent, while the Greens are at 12 percent, slightly above their election result of 11.6 percent. The FDP received 4 percent, BSW 3 percent, and other parties are at 6 percent.