Satisfaction with work of German politicians 2024

In August 2024, only 24 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 the Minister of Defense Boris Pistorius, who got positive feedback on his political work from over half of the respondents. On the other side, the right-wing populist politician of the AfD, Alice Weidel, got the worst rating, with over 60 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
Boris Pistorius (SPD)	56%	29%
Friedrich Merz (CDU)	34%	57%
Annalena Baerbock (Grüne)	33%	62%
Robert Habeck (Green Party)	30%	64%
Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW)	30%	55%
Christian Lindner (FDP)	26%	68%
Olaf Scholz (SPD)	24%	74%
Alice Weidel (AfD)	18%	63%
Tino Chrupalla (AfD)	13%	55%

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Release date

August 2024

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Region

Germany

Survey time period

August 5 to 7, 2024

Number of respondents

1,311*

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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