The 60-year-old leader of Merkel’s CDU-CSU alliance had gone into the election race with a comfortable lead over his rivals from the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and the Greens. The of Merkel’s CDU-CSU alliance had gone into the election race with a comfortable lead over his rivals from the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and the Greens. The below chart from Wahlrecht.de shows what the outcome would have been had the election been this Sunday, according to various recent polls, including the INSA one published by Bild. The SPD is ahead of, or on a par with, the CDU-CSU in all but one of the five most recent polls (highlighted in pink). “At the CDU headquarters, they are now placing their hopes on the three-way debate of the chancellor candidates,” it said.

Source: The Local August 29, 2021 09:27 UTC