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The Politbarometer (lit. political barometer) is a long-standing German election poll and at the same time a TV program of the public channel ZDF. The program is aired monthly, mostly on Friday evening. During the program, the survey results are presented. The survey is conducted since 1977 by Forschungsgruppe Wahlen (FGW).

Contents

The polling of the Politbarometer includes:

  • The "political mood" in Germany
  • The projection - "if next Sunday were federal elections" (Sonntagsfrage, lit. "Sunday question")
  • Ratings of the most important politicians
  • Survey on current topics from politics and business

    • Current presenters

  • since 2014: Matthias Fornoff
  • since 2014: Antje Pieper (substitute)

    • Former presenters

  • until 2010: Bettina Schausten
  • 2010–2014: Theo Koll
  • Detlef Sprickmann
  • Horst Schättle
  • Klaus Bresser
  • Klaus-Peter Siegloch
  • Barbara Groth
  • Thomas Bellut
  • Ralph Schumacher (substitute)

    • Literature

  • Andreas M. Wüst (ed.): Politbarometer. Leske + Budrich, Opladen 2003.

    • References

    Politbarometer Wikipedia
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