Satisfaction with work of German politicians 2024

In December 2024, only 23 percent of respondents stated that they were satisfied or very satisfied with the political work of the German Chancellors Olaf Scholz. In contrast, 74 percent replied that they are less or not at all satisfied with Scholz's political work. The "best" results of this survey were achieved by theLeader of the conservatice christian party Friedrich Merz, who got positive feedback on his political work fromaround 30 percent of the respondents. On the other side, the liberal Minister of Finance Christian Linder, got the worst rating, with 76 percent of respondents being unsatisfied with his political work.

Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the political work of ... ?

Characteristic	Very satisfied/ satisfied	Less satisfied/ not at all satisfied
Friedrich Merz (CDU)	30%	60%
Robert Habeck (Green Party)	29%	66%
Olaf Scholz (SPD)	23%	74%
Alice Weidel (AfD)	21%	64%
Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW)	20%	68%
Christian Lindner (FDP)	20%	76%

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Release date

December 2024

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Region

Germany

Survey time period

December 2 to 4, 2024

Number of respondents

1,307* respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

Eligible voters

Supplementary notes

* The source states that 782 of the 1,311 respondents were interviewed by telephone and 529 by online interview.

This question was asked in the survey with the following wording: “The following question concerns your satisfaction with some politicians. If you do not know someone or cannot judge them, please indicate this. Are you satisfied with the political work of … ?”

Missing percentage points to 100 percent refer to answers: “Don't know”/ “Can't judge"/ “No response”

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