According to a new survey, three and a half months before the state elections in North Rhine-Westphalia, the CDU and SPD are neck-and-neck in voter favor. If a new state parliament were elected this Sunday, both parties would get 28 percent, according to the current NRW trend from Infratest dimap on behalf of the WDR magazine „Westpol“ revealed. The data was collected from last Monday to Thursday.
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Compared to the previous NRW trend in October, the CDU improved by six percentage points, while the SPD lost three points. The Greens remained the third strongest force with an unchanged 17 percent. The FDP as the current coalition partner of the CDU came to ten percent, a minus of three points. The AfD improved by one point to eight percent. The left would not be represented in the state parliament with an unchanged three percent.
The current government alliance of CDU and FDP would not have a majority. It would also just not be enough for black-green or red-green. In addition to a coalition of CDU and SPD, a Jamaica coalition of CDU, Greens and FDP or a traffic light alliance of SPD, Greens and FDP would also be possible.
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In the direct election question, CDU top candidate Hendrik Wüst has made significant gains since his election as Prime Minister at the end of October. If those entitled to vote could elect the head of government directly, 43 percent would currently choose Wüst (plus twelve points). The incumbent thus clearly distanced himself from his SPD challenger Thomas Kutschaty, who fell back to 21 percent (minus four points).
Even with the SPD supporters, Wüst ended up with 39 percent, just ahead of Kuchaty with 38 percent. 36 percent of those surveyed chose neither of the two candidates. (AFP)
