"The center-left Social Democrats (SPD), Germany's first political party, are struggling to muster their optimism in a year when five of Germany's 16 federal states are set to elect new parliaments. According to the latest opinion polls, the SPD could be voted out of power in two states that is has governed for decades. In two others, the SPD is polling in the single digits."
"According to a survey by pollster Forsa in November 2025, only 9% of Germany's blue-collar workers and the unemployed said they'd vote for the SPD. Those who feel socially disadvantaged now tend to sympathize with the far-right populist Alternative for Germany (AfD). After the general election in February 2025, an infratest-dimap poll found that 38% of working class voters had cast their ballot for the AfD."
The Social Democratic Party (SPD) is experiencing steep electoral decline across several federal states, with polls indicating potential losses in long-held governments and single-digit support in others. The SPD was founded in 1863 as a workers' party and historically represented factory workers facing long hours, low wages, job insecurity, poor safety, and housing shortages. Blue-collar workers embraced promises of education, equal opportunities and rights. Economic and social change has eroded that base as many industrial workers became middle class, while socially disadvantaged voters increasingly favor the far-right AfD and some former supporters moved to the socialist Left.
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