Munich (dpa / lby) - According to a representative survey by the opinion and market research institute GMS, a third of the people in Bavaria fear that they will not have enough money to live on due to inflation and higher energy prices - despite savings and renunciation. Overall, people are pessimistic about the future. 50 percent of those surveyed answered that they were more concerned and only 14 percent said they were more confident about the future.
In addition to worries about finances, people are primarily concerned with the war in Ukraine. 27 percent expressed concern that nuclear weapons would be used in the Ukraine war or that Germany would be drawn into the war. The corona pandemic has receded into the background, as the GMS survey commissioned by “17:30 Sat.1 Bayern” shows: 11 percent of those surveyed named the fact that a dangerous virus variant could break out again as their main concern.
When asked whether the state government's accusation that the federal government was not making sufficient use of existing options for the continued operation of nuclear power plants, primarily because of the Green Party's reservations about nuclear energy, was correct, 53 percent said yes and 39 percent no.
The federal government continues to lose favor with voters. 69 percent of those questioned are dissatisfied with it, in September it was 63 percent and in June 59 percent. At 66 percent, more people are dissatisfied with the work of Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) (September: 62 percent). According to the survey, 29 percent were satisfied with Scholz (September: 34 percent).
Around a year before the state elections, a narrow majority of 51 percent is satisfied with the work of the state government, in September it was still 57 percent. 43 percent expressed dissatisfaction (September: 40 percent). The trend in the assessment of the Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) is similar. For 52 percent he is a good prime minister (September: 56 percent), 43 percent do not think so (September: 40 percent).
If there were an election on Sunday, Bavarians would decide as follows: 39 percent would vote for the CSU, 18 percent vote for the Greens, 13 percent AfD, 10 percent the Free Voters, 9 percent the SPD, 4 percent FDP, 2 percent Left and 5 Percent Other.
