German election race heats up as Socialists' poll lead narrows
With just a handful of days until Germans vote in the federal election on Sunday, the latest poll shows the gap narrowing between the top two contenders.
While Germany's Social Democratic Party remains in front, a new poll by Insa for the German newspaper Bild has found the gap is narrowing. The SPD is now leading the Conservatives by just three percentage points. The poll showed the SPD winning 25% of the vote, compared to 22% for the alliance of the Christian Democratic Union and Christian Social Union , the ruling party of outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel, followed by 15% for the Green Party.
Nonetheless, the SPD's Scholz — a seasoned politician who is currently finance minister and vice chancellor — appears to be more popular with the public than his CDU/CSU rival Armin Laschet, chosen as the alliance's successor to Merkel earlier this year.
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