Single poll

Forsa poll of 20 October 2018 for the federal election

Commissioned by
RTL / n-tv
Fieldwork period
15 to 19 Oct 2018
Respondents
2,502
Method
Unbekannt
  • CDU/CSU27.0%-1.0
  • Grüne21.0%+2.0
  • AfD15.0%+1.0
  • SPD14.0%-2.0
  • FDP9.0%±0
  • Linke9.0%±0
  • Others5.0%±0

Dashed line: electoral threshold of 5%. Change compared with the previous Forsa poll of 13 Oct 2018.

In this poll Forsa has CDU/CSU ahead on 27.0%, followed by Grüne on 21.0%. 2,502 people were surveyed from 15 to 19 Oct 2018, method Unbekannt, commissioned by RTL / n-tv.

Compared with the previous Forsa poll of 13 Oct 2018, Grüne gains 2.0 points, SPD loses 2.0 points, CDU/CSU loses 1.0 points.

Compared with the average of the other pollsters on the same day, Forsa has Grüne 4.0 points higher and SPD 1.7 points lower.

Context

Deviation from the average of the other pollsters

Rolling 45-day average of the other pollsters on 20 Oct 2018. Positive: this poll is above it.

  • Grüne +4.0average 17.0
  • SPD -1.7average 15.7
  • AfD -1.6average 16.6
  • Linke -1.0average 10.0
  • CDU/CSU +0.3average 26.7
  • FDP -0.3average 9.3
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: 179 seatsGrüne: 139 seatsAfD: 99 seatsSPD: 93 seatsFDP: 60 seatsLinke: 60 seatsMajority from 316630of 630 seats
  • CDU/CSU179
  • Grüne139
  • AfD99
  • SPD93
  • FDP60
  • Linke60
  • CDU/CSU + Grüne318 of 630
  • CDU/CSU + AfD + SPD371 of 630
  • CDU/CSU + AfD + FDP338 of 630
  • CDU/CSU + AfD + Linke338 of 630
  • CDU/CSU + SPD + FDP332 of 630
  • CDU/CSU + SPD + Linke332 of 630
  • Grüne + AfD + SPD331 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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