Insa Poll Puts AfD at Record 42% in Saxony-Anhalt, 20 Points Ahead of CDU

An Insa survey for the Saxony-Anhalt state election, fielded July 31–August 6 among 1,000 respondents (margin of error up to 3.1pp) and published August 10, put the AfD at 42% — up 1 point from the prior poll — against the governing CDU at 22% (down 2 points), a 20-point gap four weeks before the September 6 vote. Die Linke polled 13%, the SPD 6%, BSW 5%, and the Greens and FDP 4% each, both below the 5% threshold. The result kept the AfD on track to become the largest party in a German state parliament, intensifying debate over whether the CDU, SPD, Greens, Left and BSW 'firewall' against any AfD coalition can hold if the party's lead widens further.