Germany: Conservatives Maintain Large Lead

What party would you support in Germany’s next federal election?

	Dec. 5	Nov. 7	Oct. 24
Christian-Democratic Union (CDU) / Bavarian Christian-Social Party (CSU)	38%	37%	36%
Social Democratic Party (SPD)	23%	23%	24%
Free Democratic Party (FDP)	12%	12%	13%
Left Party (Linke)	11%	13%	13%
Green Party (Grune)	11%	9%	8%

Source: Forsa / Stern / RTL
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 2,501 German adults, conducted from Dec. 1 to Dec. 5, 2008. Margin of error is 2.5 per cent.

Germany: Conservatives Lead by 12

What party would you vote for in the next federal election?

	Nov. 12	Oct. 15	Oct. 1
Christian-Democratic Union (CDU) / Bavarian Christian-Social Party (CSU)	37%	35%	35%
Social Democratic Party (SPD)	25%	25%	25%
Left Party (Linke)	13%	13%	11%
Free Democratic Party (FDP)	11%	12%	13%
Green Party (Grune)	11%	10%	11%

Source: Infratest-Dimap
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,000 German voters, conducted on Nov. 11 and Nov. 12, 2008. Margin of error is 3.1 per cent.

Germans Still Like Conservative Coalition

Angela Merkel

What party would you vote for in the next federal election?

	Sept. 17	Aug. 20	Aug. 6
Christian-Democratic Union (CDU) / Bavarian Christian-Social Party (CSU)	37%	37%	36%
Social Democratic Party (SPD)	26%	25%	24%
Left Party (Linke)	12%	13%	14%
Free Democratic Party (FDP)	12%	12%	12%
Green Party (Grune)	10%	10%	11%

Source: Infratest-Dimap
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,000 German voters, conducted on Sept. 16 to Sept. 17, 2008. Margin of error is 2.5 per cent.

Germany: Merkel Crushing Beck, 6 to 1

If you could vote for the chancellor directly, who would you vote for?

	Jun. 2008	Dec. 2007	Aug. 2007
Angela Merkel (CDU)	60%	55%	57%
Kurt Beck (SPD)	10%	18%	15%
Other / Not sure	30%	27%	28%

Source: Forsa / Stern / RTL
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 2,500 German adults, conducted from Jun. 23 to Jun. 27, 2008. Margin of error is four per cent.

Germany: Conservatives Hold 11 pt Lead

What party would you vote for in the next federal election?

	May 14	Apr. 30	Apr. 2
Christian-Democratic Union (CDU) / Bavarian Christian-Social Party (CSU)	36%	37%	37%
Social Democratic Party (SPD)	25%	27%	26%
Left Party (Linke)	12%	12%	12%
Green Party (Grune)	12%	10%	11%
Free Democratic Party (FDP)	11%	10%	10%

Source: Infratest-Dimap
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,500 German voters, conducted on May 13 and May 14, 2008. Margin of error is 3.1 per cent.

Germany: Conservatives Still Have Large Lead

What party would you support in Germany’s next federal election?

	Mar. 20	Mar. 14	Mar. 7
Christian-Democratic Union (CDU) / Bavarian Christian-Social Party (CSU)	38%	37%	38%
Social Democratic Party (SPD)	22%	22%	23%
Left Party (Linke)	14%	14%	14%
Green Party (Grune)	11%	11%	11%
Free Democratic Party (FDP)	11%	11%	10%

Source: Forsa / Stern / RTL
Methodology: Interviews with 2,000 German adults, conducted from Mar. 17 to Mar. 20, 2008. Margin of error is 2.5 per cent.

Germany: Merkel Coalition Still Popular

What party would you vote for in the next federal election?

	Mar. 2008	Feb. 2008	Jan. 2008
Christian-Democratic Union (CDU) / Bavarian Christian-Social Party (CSU)	40%	41%	42%
Social Democratic Party (SPD)	29%	30%	30%
Left Party (Linke)	10%	10%	9%
Green Party (Grune)	9%	7%	7%
Free Democratic Party (FDP)	8%	7%	7%

Source: FG Wahlen / ZDF
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,232 German adults, conducted from Mar. 11 to Mar. 13, 2008. Margin of error is 2.7 per cent.

Germany: Merkel Gains Popularity

If you could directly elect the federal chancellor, who would you vote for?

	Mar. 2008	Feb. 2008	Jan. 2008
Angela Merkel (CDU)	62%	54%	62%
Kurt Beck (SPD)	20%	25%	22%
Neither / Other / Not sure	18%	21%	24%

Source: Infratest-Dimap
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,500 German voters, conducted from Mar. 3 to Mar. 5, 2008. Margin of error is 3.1 per cent.

Germany: Conservatives Extend Lead

What party would you support in Germany’s next federal election?

	Mar. 7	Feb. 15	Feb. 1
Christian-Democratic Union (CDU) / Bavarian Christian-Social Party (CSU)	38%	35%	35%
Social Democratic Party (SPD)	23%	29%	27%
Left Party (Linke)	14%	13%	14%
Green Party (Grune)	11%	9%	10%
Free Democratic Party (FDP)	10%	9%	11%

Source: Forsa / Stern / RTL
Methodology: Interviews with 2,501 German adults, conducted from Mar. 3 to Mar. 7, 2008. Margin of error is 2.5 per cent.

Germany: Conservatives Lead by 9 pts.

What party would you vote for in the next federal election?

	Jan. 8	Dec. 13	Dec. 5
Christian-Democratic Union (CDU) / Bavarian Christian-Social Party (CSU)	39%	39%	40%
Social Democratic Party (SPD)	30%	28%	28%
Left Party (Linke)	9%	10%	11%
Free Democratic Party (FDP)	9%	10%	9%

Source: Infratest-Dimap
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,000 German voters, conducted on Jan. 7 and Jan. 8, 2008. Margin of error is 3.1 per cent.

Germany: Conservatives Continue to Enjoy Large Lead

What party would you vote for in the next federal election?

	Oct. 3	Sept. 19	Sept. 5
Christian-Democratic Union (CDU) / Bavarian Christian-Social (CSU)	40%	39%	39%
Social Democratic Party (SPD)	27%	27%	27%
Left Party (Linke)	11%	10%	10%
Green Party (Grune)	10%	11%	11%
Free Democratic Party (FDP)	8%	10%	9%

Source: Infratest-Dimap
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,500 German voters, conducted from Oct. 1 to Oct. 3, 2007. Margin of error is 2.5 per cent.

Germany: Merkel Remains Extremely Popular

If you could vote for the chancellor directly, who would you vote for?

Angela Merkel (CDU)	57%
Kurt Beck (SPD)	15%
Other / Not sure	28%

Source: Forsa / Stern / RTL

Methodology: Interviews with 2,501 German adults, conducted from Aug. 22 to Aug. 24, 2007. Margin of error is 2.5 per cent.

Germany: Conservative Coalition Remains Most Popular

What party would you support in Germany’s next federal election?

	Jul. 13	Jul. 6	Jun. 29
Christian-Democratic Union Bavarian Christian-Social (CDU-CSU)	38%	39%	37%
Social Democratic Party (SPD)	24%	24%	24%
Left Party (Linke)	13%	13%	14%
Green Party (Grune)	10%	10%	10%
Free Democratic Party (FDP)	10%	9%	10%

Source: Forsa / Stern / RTL
Methodology: Interviews with 2,501 German adults, conducted from Jul. 9 to Jul. 13, 2007. Margin of error is 2.5 per cent.

Germany: Conservatives Continue to Hold 9 pt. Lead

What party would you vote for in the next federal election?

	Jun. 21	Jun. 13	Jun. 6
Christian-Democratic Union Bavarian Christian-Social (CDU-CSU)	38%	38%	37%
Social Democratic Party (SPD)	29%	29%	31%
Green Party (Grune)	10%	11%	11%
Left Party (Linke)	10%	9%	9%
Free Democratic Party (FDP)	9%	9%	9%

Source: Infratest-Dimap
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,000 German voters, conducted on Jun. 20 and Jun. 21, 2007. Margin of error is 3.1 per cent.

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Germany: Over 2/3 Like Merkel

Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the performance of Angela Merkel as chancellor?

	Jun. 4	May 1
Satisfied	69%	70%
Dissatisfied	30%	29%
Not sure	1%	1%

Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the performance of SPD leader Kurt Beck?

	Jun. 4	May 1
Satisfied	37%	38%
Dissatisfied	47%	48%
Not sure	16%	14%

Source: Infratest-Dimap
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,500 German voters, conducted from Jun. 4 to Jun. 6, 2007. Margin of error is 3.1 per cent.

Germany: Conservative Coalition Retains Popularity

What party would you support in Germany’s next federal election?

	May 4	Apr. 5	Mar. 16
Christian-Democratic Union Bavarian Christian-Social (CDU-CSU)	37%	36%	35%
Social Democratic Party (SPD)	26%	26%	27%
Free Democratic Party (FDP)	12%	11%	11%
Green Party (Grune)	10%	11%	11%
Left Party (Linke)	10%	10%	10%

Source: Forsa / Stern / RTL
Methodology: Interviews with 2,001 German adults, conducted from Apr. 30 to May 4, 2007. Margin of error is 2.5 per cent.