Düsseldorf (dpa / lnw) - SPD state leader Thomas Kutschaty is relaxed with regard to the most recent election poll, which a few months after the state election in North Rhine-Westphalia showed a decline in voter favor for his party. In the most recent survey commissioned by the WDR magazine Westpol, the CDU and SPD each lost 3.7 percentage points, said Kuchaty on Tuesday in Düsseldorf, who is also the SPD parliamentary group leader in the state parliament.
As a rule, the winners with higher values would be confirmed shortly after the election. Those who did not win the election will not automatically gain ground, especially since the public focus is on the government. "In this respect, it's nothing unusual. I don't see any problems there, especially since we're still a long way from the next election here in North Rhine-Westphalia," he explained.
A good five months after the state elections, the governing coalition of the CDU and the Greens under CDU Prime Minister Hendrik Wüst is further ahead in the voters' favour, according to the Westpol survey. According to the survey published at the weekend, if there were state elections on Sunday, 32 percent of those entitled to vote would vote for the CDU (35.7 percent in the state election). The SPD would deteriorate from 26.7 percent in May to 23 percent, the Greens would increase to 22 (18.2 in May) percent. According to the Westpol survey, the FDP slipped from 5.9 percent in May to 5 percent and would then have to worry about their state parliament seats. The AfD increases from 5.4 to 9 percent.
