The centre-left finance minister has led the polls in the run-up to the vote to succeed Angela Merkel.
The SPD has been the junior coalition partner of Mrs Merkel's Christian Democrats for much of the past eight years and many SPD members have complained that the policies agreed by their grand coalition or "GroKo" were too conservative.
But voters know that the vice chancellor has worked in tandem, successfully, with Angela Merkel and for many he will be seen as more of a continuity candidate than her anointed successor. His debate performances were widely praised as assured, even if he came across as predictable, and he has been helped by a lacklustre campaign from Mr Laschet.
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