SPD voters regret their decision
Not only in Bavaria, the SPD is losing approval nationwide, also. In a poll, only 28 per cent would vote for the social democrats. More than a quarter of the SPD voters even regret having put a check by Schröder's party in the parliamentary elections.
Hamburg - In a Forsa poll for the magazine "Stern" and RTL [TV / radio station, lj], 28 per cent of the people regretted having put their 'X' on the SPD in fall 2002. With that result, the social democrats have disappointed considerably more supporters than the other parties. 17 per cent of the FDP voters wouldn't vote for their party any more, either, 12 per cent of their former supporters would turn their back on the PDS.
The voters of the Greens and the CDU/CSU stand by their vote far more often, according to the survey: Only eight per cent of the Greens and six per cent of the CDU/CSU supporters would vote differently now.
Only 28 per cent would vote for the social democrats at the moment. This is two percentage points fewer than in the previous week and the worst result since the beginning of the internal party quarrel about agenda 2010, on the other hand,. the union added a point to 47 per cent. The Greens stayed at 11 per cent, the FDP at 7 per cent, the PDS went from 3 per cent to 4 per cent.
Forsa questioned a total of 2502 people from September 15th to 19th.
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