The Alternative for Germany holds a commanding lead in Saxony-Anhalt just weeks before the state's Sept. 6 election, with the party polling at 41 percent compared to 24 percent for the governing Christian Democratic Union, according to an Infratest dimap survey of 1,149 eligible voters conducted July 23–28.
The opposition Left follows at 13 percent, the Social Democrats at 7 percent, the Greens at 5 percent, and the BSW at 4 percent, while the Free Democrats were not individually listed due to low figures. Only 29 percent of respondents expressed satisfaction with the state's CDU-SPD-FDP coalition government.
The AfD's momentum extends nationally, where the party reached a record 27 percent in the RTL/ntv Trendbarometer. Chancellor Friedrich Merz's approval has fallen to just 15 percent, and 53 percent of Germans say no party can best solve the country's problems.