The Politbarometer (lit. ''political barometer'') is a long-standing
German
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* Germany (of or related to)
**Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
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election poll and television program on
ZDF
ZDF (, short for Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen; ; "Second German Television") is a German public-service television broadcaster based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. It is run as an independent nonprofit institution, which was founded by all fe ...
. The program is aired monthly, usually on Friday evenings. During the program, the survey results are presented. The survey is conducted since 1977 by
Forschungsgruppe Wahlen (FGW).
The polling of the Politbarometer includes:
*The "political mood" in Germany
*The projection - "if next Sunday were federal elections" ({{Interlanguage link multi, Sonntagsfrage, de, lit. "Sunday question")
*Ratings of the most important politicians
*Survey on current topics from politics and business
Presenters
Current presenters
* since 2014:
Matthias Fornoff
* since 2014:
Antje Pieper (substitute)
Former presenters
* until 2010:
Bettina Schausten
Bettina Schausten (born 18 February 1965, in Lüdinghausen) is a German journalist.
Early life and education
Schausten studied literature, history and Catholic theology in Cologne and in Munich from 1986 to 1992.
Career
From 1992 to 1996 ...
* 2010–2014:
Theo Koll
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Detlef Sprickmann
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Horst Schättle
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Klaus Bresser
Klaus Bresser (born 22 July 1936) is a German journalist and television presenter.
Life
Bresser was born in Berlin and studied at the university of Cologne. He works as a journalist for German broadcasters (since 1965 for Westdeutscher Rundfun ...
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Klaus-Peter Siegloch
Klaus-Peter Siegloch (born 15 May 1946) is a former German journalist and lobbyist.
Life
Siegloch was born in Hamburg. He studied sociology, economics and political science at the University of Hamburg, graduating in 1973. Siegloch worked as a ...
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Barbara Groth
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Thomas Bellut
Thomas Bellut (born 8 March 1955) is a German journalist. From 2012 to 2022, he was the director (German: '' Intendant'') of the TV channel ZDF.
Early life and education
Bellut was born in Osnabrück. After graduating from the school Antonian ...
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Ralph Schumacher (substitute)
Literature
* Andreas M. Wüst (ed.): ''Politbarometer''. Leske + Budrich, Opladen 2003.
External links
Official pageof
Forschungsgruppe WahlenOfficial pageof Politbarometer at ZDF.de
ZDF original programming
German television news shows
1977 German television series debuts
1980s German television series
1990s German television series
2000s German television series
2010s German television series
German-language television shows
Opinion polling in Germany