Thursday, January 28, 2021

Polling For Three State Elections

 If you look at polling presently, for the three state elections (the Pfalz and Baden-Wurttemberg for 15 March, and Saxony-Anhalt for 6 June)....it looks this way for the parties.

For the Pfalz, the SPD ought to win with a mid-30s number, followed by the CDU with a low-30s number.  The AfD?  Near 12 percent.  The Greens and FDP will follow at the end with marginally 5-percent each.  The coalition deal?  The SPD ought to get something rigged with the CDU as a junior partner.  No shockers here.

For Baden-Wurttemberg?  The Greens ought to get near 30-percent for a win.  The CDU will follow with some high 20's number.  The AfD will corner around 15-percent of the vote, with the SPD a couple of points behind them.  The FDP, near 7-to-8 percent.  Again, no real shocker.

So we get to the Saxony-Anhalt race.   The CDU ought to win, with near 30-percent, with the AfD near the mid-20s, and in third place....the Linke Party with near 16-percent.  The SPD does lousy with 10-percent, and the Greens near 8-percent.  No real mention of the FDP.  If there is a shocker, its that the AfD will do very well in the state and come near a win.

The numbers?  All based off  a polling situation for SWR (public TV for the SW part of Germany).  

If all three occur as predicted.....there's not a lot to get the news media hyped-up or worried over serious changes for the September national election.  If the Greens lost in Baden-Wurttemberg (2nd place finish), or the AfD won the Saxony-Anhalt race (first place).....then you'd see some worried folks for Septembers race.  

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