For the people in Rhineland-Palatinate, immigration and education are currently among the biggest problems. Citizens only trust the parties with limited ability to solve problems.
This is shown by the current political trend of the SWR political magazine Zur Sache Rheinland-Pfalz. The view of the state’s most important political problems has changed significantly since January 2021. While the focus was on combating the corona pandemic back then, now it is immigration. More than one in four respondents (27 percent) consider this issue to be the most pressing at the moment.
The second most important topics are educational policy issues (21 percent), followed by mobility and transport (14 percent).
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Problem-solving skills: Little trust in parties
The changed view of the most pressing state political tasks is accompanied by increasing doubts that the parties will be able to find a solution. The proportion of those who do not trust any party to do this is now 30 percent, almost twice as high as in the survey in March 2021 (then 17 percent).
The loss of trust is particularly great in the SPD. In March 2021, 36 percent still believed that the party could solve the most important tasks, now it is 18 percent. This means that the SPD is falling behind the CDU. 24 percent (minus 1) believe the Christian Democrats can do this, the Greens six percent and the FDP three percent. Ten percent of those surveyed believe that the AfD can solve the most important tasks. This corresponds to an increase of six percentage points.
Sunday question: Only the Free Voters can make gains
If there were a state election in Rhineland-Palatinate on Sunday, the CDU would remain the strongest force. As with the previous Politrend, it would come to 31 percent in November 2023. Prime Minister Malu Dreyer’s SPD would remain at a historic low in the country at 22 percent. The third strongest force would still be the AfD, which would lose two percentage points in the November survey and reach 15 percent.
The Greens achieved ten percent (minus 2). The Free Voters could increase their voter share to seven percent (plus 2). The FDP would get four percent (minus 1), as would the newly founded Sahra Wagenknecht alliance. Both parties would therefore not be represented in the state parliament.
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Majority dissatisfied with the work of the state government
A majority of citizens are still dissatisfied with the work of the state government made up of the SPD, Greens and FDP. 55 percent of those surveyed stated that they were “less” or “not at all” satisfied with the traffic light coalition. 41 percent (+2) gave the state government a good report.
Clear criticism of the federal government’s policies
The people surveyed in Rhineland-Palatinate rated the work of the governing traffic light coalition in Berlin as even worse: 82 percent were “less” or “not at all” satisfied. Even supporters of the SPD and the Greens are largely critical of the federal government’s policies. Supporters of the CDU, the Free Voters and the AfD come to a much more critical verdict. Only one in six respondents (16 percent) expressed themselves positively about the federal traffic light policy.
The vast majority are in favor of higher spending on the Bundeswehr
In view of the international crises, two thirds of the citizens surveyed in Rhineland-Palatinate are in favor of spending more money on the Bundeswehr. 42 percent demand significantly more money, 24 percent at least a little more investment. On the other hand, 14 percent want slightly less or significantly less money to flow into defense.
Survey base
For the Politrend issue, the opinion research institute infratest dimap conducted a representative telephone and online survey on behalf of the SWR between February 15 and 20, 2024 among 1,157 eligible voters in Rhineland-Palatinate.
2024-02-22 04:44:48
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