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SPD leads in new Insa survey for the state elections in Lower Saxony

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In the Sunday question for a state election in Lower Saxony, the SPD is ahead with 26 percent, followed by the CDU with 22 percent and the AfD with 21 percent.
The Greens gain three points to 15 percent.

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The survey was carried out by Insa on behalf of “Bild” and shows the current political mood in Lower Saxony before a possible state election.

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The SPD is ahead in a new Insa survey on the political mood at the state level in Lower Saxony. When asked on Sunday who respondents would currently vote for in a state election, Prime Minister Olaf Lies' party achieved 26 percent in the survey commissioned by "Bild" - one percentage point more than in April.

The CDU follows with 22 percent. For the Christian Democrats it is a decline of three percentage points compared to the previous Insa survey, in which they were on a par with the Social Democrats. Now the CDU is just ahead of the AfD, which gained one point and reached 21 percent.

The Greens made the biggest gains in the Insa survey, increasing by three points to 15 percent compared to the spring. The Left got 6 percent (minus one point) and the FDP 5 percent (plus one). The BSW comes to 3 percent, other parties together 2 percent.

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