Poll results

Germans Sympathize with Some Trump Policies

Most Germans don’t like Donald Trump. Only very few would have voted for him, according to polls conducted before the U.S. elections. In a recent quarterly survey by the online polling firm YouGov, conducted on behalf of Handelsblatt Global, 60 percent of Germans said the president-elect will make the world a “more dangerous” place.

But many Germans seem to sympathize with some of the incoming U.S. president’s political ideas. According to an Ipsos survey, conducted for WirtschaftsWoche, a sister publication of Handelsblatt, a whopping 56.3 percent spoke out in favor of deporting all illegal aliens. Furthermore, 31 percent want income tax to be lowered and 26 percent want stricter regulations for Muslims entering the country.

These results could help point to the outcome of this year’s federal election. Since Angela Merkel first took power in 2005, Germany’s political landscape has changed, and she now has to contend with growing support for the right-wing populist party Alternative for Germany, or AfD as it is known in Germany.