The majority express a lack of understanding, but every third person understands people who protest against the Corona measures. In the case of AfD supporters, it is even 75 percent.
Kassel – A narrow majority of Germans (52 percent) have no understanding for people who demonstrate against the federal government’s corona measures *. This was the result of a representative INSA survey commissioned by the evangelical news agency IDEA (Wetzlar).
According to the survey, one in three (35 percent) can in principle understand the demonstrators. Nine percent do not know how they feel about it, four percent gave no answer.
Rejection of protests against corona measures: the older, the higher
In the west, the general rejection of the corona protests is more pronounced at 53 percent than in the east (46 percent).
The lack of understanding is therefore significantly greater among those over 60, at 68 percent, than in the other age groups. Among the 18 to 29 year olds, 45 percent express no understanding, among the 30 to 39 year olds it is 43 percent. Also among the 40 to 49 year olds with 42 percent and the 50 to 59 year olds with 48 percent the lack of understanding for people who protest against the Corona measures predominates.
Protest against Corona measures: approval among AfD supporters greatest
In terms of political parties, there is a big difference between the AfD and the other political camps: According to the survey, 75 percent of AfD supporters can understand the demonstrators. 18 percent of AfD supporters show no understanding.
While understanding and incomprehension are roughly in balance among the FDP voters (43 to 40 percent), rejection prevails in the other camps.
It can be seen most clearly among the party members of the Greens (no understanding: 70 percent; understanding: 24 percent), followed by those of the SPD (no understanding: 68 percent; understanding: 23 percent), the CDU / CSU (no understanding: 67 percent) Percent; understanding: 24 percent) and the left (no understanding: 55 percent, understanding: 32 percent).
Members of the denominations: 49 percent of the Free Churches generally understand protests
Among the members of the denominations, the Protestants from the regional church are particularly critical of the demonstrations: 68 percent have no understanding for the participants. For Catholics it is 55 percent. A completely different picture emerges with the Free Churches: 49 percent of them generally understand the protesters, 35 percent do not.
For the survey, 2,107 adults were interviewed between January 7th and 10th. An online access panel was used for this. This method is not without controversy in social research, since only people with internet access can participate. An online access panel also requires a special effort on the part of the opinion research institute so that the survey is representative of the general population.
Opponents of the Corona measures demonstrated in Frankfurt on Saturday (January 8th, 2022), including against a possible vaccination requirement. (Paul Bröker) * hna.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA
