SPD will fall short of 31 percent and lose ground

SPD will fail to hit 31 percent of valid second votes in the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Landtag election on September 20, 2026, leaving Minister President Manuela Schwesig with a weaker mandate. The August INSA poll run August 4 to August 11 recorded SPD at 29 percent and AfD at 36 percent from a 1000…