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TV duels with the AfD: Half of Germans are for it
Four and a half months before the state elections in Thuringia, AfD state leader Björn Höcke and CDU state leader Mario Voigt met for a TV duel
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Should top candidates from the CDU and SPD enter into a TV duel with the AfD candidates before state elections? The supporters of one party in particular support this.
Two weeks ago, Mario Voigt, the CDU’s top candidate for the upcoming state elections in Thuringia, and the AfD leader and top candidate Björn Höcke held a 70-minute television duel. Half of Germans think this is good and are in favor of more such disputes. 42 percent of Germans are against such TV duels, eight percent expressed no opinion. At 57 percent, approval is slightly higher among East Germans than among West Germans (49 percent).
Should top candidates from the CDU/CSU and SPD speak to those from the AfD before state elections?
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There are clear differences depending on party preference. The majority of AfD (85 percent) and BSW (61 percent) supporters are in favor of top politicians in the other federal states The CDU and SPD should discuss with those of the AfD on television. Among supporters of the Union (48 percent), SPD (46 percent), Greens (35 percent) and FDP (49 percent), less than half are of the opinion that other politicians should follow Mario Vogt’s example.
The data was collected by the market and opinion research institute Forsa for stern and RTL Deutschland on April 18 and 19, 2024. Database: 1004 respondents. Statistical margin of error: +/- 3 percentage points