Single poll

Forsa poll of 18 January 2018 for the federal election

Commissioned by
RTL / n-tv
Fieldwork period
15 to 17 Jan 2018
Respondents
1,504
Method
Unbekannt
  • CDU/CSU34.0%+1.0
  • SPD18.0%-2.0
  • Grüne12.0%±0
  • AfD12.0%+1.0
  • Linke10.0%+1.0
  • FDP8.0%-1.0
  • Others6.0%±0

Dashed line: electoral threshold of 5%. Change compared with the previous Forsa poll of 15 Jan 2018.

In this poll Forsa has CDU/CSU ahead on 34.0%, followed by SPD on 18.0%. 1,504 people were surveyed from 15 to 17 Jan 2018, method Unbekannt, commissioned by RTL / n-tv.

Compared with the previous Forsa poll of 15 Jan 2018, SPD loses 2.0 points, CDU/CSU gains 1.0 points, AfD gains 1.0 points.

Compared with the average of the other pollsters on the same day, Forsa has SPD 2.6 points lower.

Context

Deviation from the average of the other pollsters

Rolling 45-day average of the other pollsters on 18 Jan 2018. Positive: this poll is above it.

  • SPD -2.6average 20.6
  • CDU/CSU +1.4average 32.6
  • AfD -1.1average 13.1
  • Grüne +1.0average 11.0
  • FDP -1.0average 9.0
  • Linke +0.3average 9.7
Seat projection

Seat projection from this poll

630 seats by Sainte-Laguë, five per cent threshold, waived for parties winning at least three constituencies.

CDU/CSU: 228 seatsSPD: 121 seatsGrüne: 80 seatsAfD: 80 seatsLinke: 67 seatsFDP: 54 seatsMajority from 316630of 630 seats
  • CDU/CSU228
  • SPD121
  • Grüne80
  • AfD80
  • Linke67
  • FDP54
  • CDU/CSU + SPD349 of 630
  • CDU/CSU + Grüne + AfD388 of 630
  • CDU/CSU + Grüne + Linke375 of 630
  • CDU/CSU + AfD + Linke375 of 630
  • CDU/CSU + Grüne + FDP362 of 630
  • CDU/CSU + AfD + FDP362 of 630
  • CDU/CSU + Linke + FDP349 of 630
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Data from dawum.de (ODbL), analysis by wahlergebnisse.io. Individual polls carry a margin of error of roughly two to three points for the larger parties.

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