Politicians and the media talk about the alleged “danger from the right” on a continuous loop. In the process, the narrative of a shift to the right is also regularly served up. Critics say that, following the example of the GDR, this serves to distract from a shift in policy to the left or red-green. According to the INSA polling institute, this tactic is successful. INSA, which unlike other institutes is not considered to have a red-green orientation, first asked 2,003 representatively selected people in Germany the following question by telephone and online for a new poll: “Do you currently have the impression that there is a shift to the right in Germany?”
The absolute majority of 61 percent of respondents answered yes. It therefore assumes that there is currently a shift to the right in Germany. Only slightly less than a quarter (23 percent), on the other hand, have no such impression. 13 percent cannot and three percent do not want to answer this question.
The older the respondents, the more often they have the impression that there is a shift to the right in Germany, from 51 percent among the youngest (18 to 29 years old) to 70 percent among the oldest survey participants (70 years and older). Accordingly, this age trend is reversed among those who do not see a shift to the right (from 28 to 17 percent), but also among those who cannot give an answer (from 16 and 17 percent to 10 percent).
Even though an absolute majority of all respondent groups believe that there is a shift to the right in Germany, respondents who position themselves to the left of the political center state this significantly more often than those in the center and to the right (78 percent to 55 percent and 60 percent, respectively).
Only AfD voters deny by a narrow relative majority that there is a shift to the right in Germany (47 percent). The remaining voter groups, on the other hand, affirm here in each case by an absolute majority, with Green voters clearly doing so most often (86 to 56 – 72 percent).
All those respondents who see a shift to the right were asked whether this “shift to the right” worried them. An absolute majority of 51 percent of those who perceive a shift to the right are “very concerned” about this. 30 percent are “somewhat concerned.” 16 percent have no concern. Two percent cannot and 0.2 percent do not want to give an assessment on this.
The right-wingers were also asked whether politicians should make much greater efforts to counteract this shift to the right. The absolute majority of 60 percent answered “very much.” About a quarter (26 percent) are more likely to hold this view. Ten percent do not want any political efforts to counter this shift to the right. Three percent do not know how to answer this question and one percent do not want to answer it.
Stunning result
Personally, the result blew me away. Because I have seen a massive shift to the left in Germany for more than two decades and hardly recognize my country. That a majority should see it the other way around is difficult for me to comprehend. If I didn’t know the INSA Institute myself and didn’t also work with them myself, I would have doubts about the integrity of the survey. I also think the methodology is strange – after all, two of the three questions only indicate the values among those who believe in a shift to the right. This can easily create a distorted impression.
Clearly, the poll result is a result of propaganda in the major media. Who condition their viewers and readers almost around the clock to a supposed danger from the right. And indeed, after the massive shift to the left, the Federal Republic is now moving slightly back to the center – which for some actually comes across as a “shift to the right.” One possible explanation would be Solomon Asch’s conformity experiment. The U.S. scientist was able to prove through a series of studies that peer pressure can influence a person to evaluate an obviously false statement as correct(see my text on this here).
The recent state elections in Hesse and Bavaria confirm the results of the survey in that a clear majority voted for parties that are responsible for the current development and stand for a “business as usual” direction of red-green transformation, including the FDP and the Merkel-influenced Union.
In this respect, it is not only the survey that shows how successful the manipulative influencing of people by the political-media complex is. This gives little hope of an imminent turnaround from the path toward the abyss on which Germany finds itself with its government obsessed with red-green ideology.
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