A large majority of Germans view the electoral victory of the far-right AfD party in Saxony-Anhalt with concern, according to the "DeutschlandTrend extra" poll conducted a day after the election, while opinion remains divided over the party and its leader, Ulrich Siegmund.
64% of respondents said they viewed the result with concern, while only 24% saw it positively and the remainder said they were indifferent, according to the poll. Attitudes toward the AfD and Siegmund himself were split more evenly.
Views split on Siegmund as premier
Following the AfD's decisive election win, 45% of those surveyed said Siegmund should be elected state premier of Saxony-Anhalt by parliament, while 48% disagreed.
42% of respondents said they believed other parties were treating the AfD unfairly, a view shared by close to a third of voters for the Union bloc. By contrast, 53% said they did not believe the AfD was being treated unfairly by other parties.
Divided on wider political integration
51% of respondents said other parties should in future involve the AfD more closely in political processes and parliamentary work, a view shared by around 40% of Union supporters and 25% of SPD voters. Overall, however, 45% of Germans rejected the idea of greater AfD involvement in political processes.
Source: CNA
