AfD ahead in polls ahead of state elections in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

A good week before the state elections in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the AfD, which is partly right-wing, is still ahead of the ruling SPD in surveys, but the gap has narrowed. In a survey by the elections research group for ZDF, the AfD came to 37 percent. The SPD achieved 34 percent.

The Left is in third place with ten percent. The CDU is at seven percent - that would be its worst result in a state election since the founding of the Federal Republic. The Greens come to five percent, the BSW is four percent. There is also a five percent hurdle for entry into the state parliament in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

Election surveys are always subject to uncertainty. They only reflect the opinion at the time of the survey and are not predictions of the election outcome. In a survey published on Thursday evening by Infratest dimap on behalf of ARD, the AfD was at 38 percent and the SPD at 33 percent.