From this survey, CDU/CSU candidate Armin Laschet lost the election to Olaf Scholz and came in 2nd. Scholz has not gained/earned a chancellor bonus, to the contrary the SPD is the big loser with the FDP on the right.

Germany, Infratest dimap poll:

CDU/CSU-EPP: 28%
GRÜNE-G/EFA: 23%
SPD-S&D: 18% (+1)
AfD-ID: 12% (-1)
FDP-RE: 7%
LINKE-LEFT: 4%

+/- vs. 1-3 August 2022

Fieldwork: 16-17 August 2022
Sample size: 1,273

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Habeck and the Greens are the big winners.

Scholz thought he was standing on wet clay, it turned out to be concrete poured by Jens Stoltenberg. Conformity, unity, losers ...

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No vision, no room for dialogue ... WTF who is Olaf Scholz really? Can't carry the weight of his task as chancellor.

'Sapere aude'