Bavaria: survey: majority satisfied with Söder and the state government

Munich (dpa / lby) - Ten months before the state elections there is no change in mood in Bavaria.

Bavaria: survey: majority satisfied with Söder and the state government

Munich (dpa / lby) - Ten months before the state elections there is no change in mood in Bavaria. In a recent survey commissioned by "17:30 SAT.1 Bayern", 53 percent were satisfied with the state government's work. 53 percent also rated CSU boss Markus Söder as a good prime minister, and 52 percent wanted him to stay that way.

If the state election were already on Sunday, according to the survey, the voters would decide as follows: CSU 41 percent, Greens 18 percent, free voters 10 percent, AfD 10 percent, SPD 9 percent. The FDP would not make it into the Maximilianeum with 4 percent. The left would get 2 percent. 64 percent said they were dissatisfied with the work of the federal government, and 62 percent with Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD).

According to 31 percent of those surveyed, Bavaria has developed better than the other federal states in recent years, 17 percent said worse. According to a survey, only one in five Bavarians would like a government without the participation of the CSU, 34 percent want a CSU-led coalition, 32 percent a sole government of the CSU. Among the CSU voters, 34 percent are in favor of continuing the coalition with the Free Voters, and 34 percent also prefer the FDP. Only 11 percent of CSU supporters want a coalition with the Greens.

The citizens surveyed are currently most worried about high inflation (87 percent). 84 percent fear power outages, 78 percent fear that Germany could be drawn into the war, and 70 percent worry about a new wave of refugees from Ukraine. The state elections in Bavaria will take place on October 8th.