From BZ/dpa
According to a new survey, the CDU and AfD are tied at the top of the voter list in Brandenburg. Both parties would get 23 percent of the votes if the state elections were held next Sunday. The SPD would be behind with 22 percent.
Before the 2024 state elections in Brandenburg, pollsters are in demand again. According to a new survey, there would be a shift in the front seats. The ruling SPD loses support. In front are – with identical values - CDU and AfD.
This emerges from the “Brandenburg Trend” published on Wednesday evening by Infratest dimap on behalf of Antenne Brandenburg and the rbb magazine “Brandenburg aktuell”. From April 19th to 24th, 1200 eligible voters were questioned representatively.
The CDU can increase significantly compared to previous surveys. In the 2019 state election, the Christian Democrats did far worse with 15.6 percent. The SPD, on the other hand, came first in the vote with 26.2 percent and leads the current government coalition in Brandenburg. A new state parliament will be elected next year.
A majority of 58 percent of those surveyed are currently less or even satisfied with the state government made up of SPD, CDU and Greens. According to the survey, 37 percent were satisfied. Prime Minister Dietmar Woidke (SPD) comes up with a better value: 56 percent described the politician as a good head of government.
In the Sunday question, the CDU improved by 5 points to 23 percent compared to the survey from September 2022. The AfD loses a point. The SPD scores two points worse with 22 percent. In the “Brandenburg Trend” from the fall, the Social Democrats and the AfD tied for first place.
The Greens would now get 9 percent of the vote (down 2 points compared to the previous poll). In the Sunday question, the left slipped further to 7 percent (minus 2 points), which is the historically worst value according to the Brandenburg trend. The FDP and BVB/free voters would get 5.0 percent of the votes in parliamentary groups.
Brandenburgers are critical of climate laws
The people of Brandenburg were also asked about the current plans of the traffic light government in Berlin for the energy transition. Accordingly, 75 percent consider a ban on new gas and oil heating systems from 2024 to be wrong. For two thirds (67 percent), the end of new cars with combustion engines from 2035 is a step in the wrong direction. On the other hand, for 70 percent of those surveyed, an increased expansion of wind energy is a step in the right direction.
When asked about phasing out coal, 49 percent of those surveyed said they thought it was right to phase out lignite mining before 2038, while 44 percent thought it was wrong. According to the survey, there are clearer reservations in the Lausitz coal region: For 63 percent in the region, an exit before 2038 would be wrong.
The traffic light coalition in the federal government recently decided that from 2024 every newly installed heating system must be operated with 65 percent renewable energy. Pure gas or oil heating systems should therefore no longer be newly installed. However, there should be exceptions, transition periods and comprehensive funding.
From 2035, new cars that run on petrol or diesel will no longer be allowed to be sold in the EU. The federal government pushed through that even after 2035 it should still be possible to re-register combustion cars that are only fueled with climate-friendly synthetic fuels.