Polls Misfire in Key German Election

“German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union will remain the largest party in Saxony-Anhalt’s parliament, fending off a challenge from the far-right Alternative for Germany,” Deutsche Welle reports.

“The state election was seen as a major political test for the CDU, as the AfD was originally projected to land an upset victory.”

Politico: “In the run-up to Sunday’s election in Saxony-Anhalt, polls had put Merkel’s CDU and the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) neck and neck. Yet the final result was not remotely close. The CDU’s result was nearly 10 percentage points higher than its score in the polls just a few days before the vote.”