Support for Merkel's conservatives and SPD tied, German poll shows


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  • Friday, 24 Mar 2017

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, State Minister-President and top candidate of the Christian Democratic Union Party (CDU) attend an election rally for the upcoming state elections in the Saarland in St. Wendel near Saarbruecken, Germany March 23, 2017. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski

BERLIN (Reuters) - Support for Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative bloc and their Social Democrat rivals is even at 32 percent, a survey by pollster Infratest dimap for broadcaster ARD showed, ahead of Germany's Sept. 24 federal election.

However, the Deutschlandtrend poll showed 44 percent of German voters want the Social Democratic Party (SPD) to lead the next government, compared with 33 percent in favour of Merkel's conservatives taking the lead.

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