The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) candidate Friedrich Merz will probably be the next chancellor of Germany. But who voted for him and who didn't?

According to the Wahlen polling agency as quoted by Pro Medienmagazin, the election winner was supported by four out of every ten Catholics, a clear 10% more than the rest of the population.

Protestants, on the other hand, voted for Merz in line with the rest of the population (29%) and supported the social democrat Scholz more than average (20% compared to 16%).

At 18%, Catholics showed less support for the far-right AfD than average, while Protestants voted the same as the rest of the population. There was no difference in the vote for the Greens between Christians of the two churches, but the support of Christians for the radical left of Die Linke was well below average, 5% among Catholics and 7% among Protestants, compared to 9% of the population as a whole.

Young people vote for extremes

But the AfD, the moral winner of the elections, doubling its vote to 20% and becoming the main opposition party in the Bundestag, achieved its greatest success among young people. It was the wmost voted party in the 25-34 and 35-44 age groups, where one in four people voted for them.

Among the youngest voters (18-24), the radical left won with 25%, followed by the AfD (21%), leaving the potential future government parties behind.

Thousands of young Christians pray before the elections

Another indicator of concern for the future of the country were two youth prayer initiatives that took place on the weekend of the elections.

 

 

 

 

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On the one hand, some 1,500 people gathered in front of the federal parliament in Berlin on 22 February to pray for Germany. Convened by influencer Chris Schuller (16,000 followers on Instagram) and under the biblical text of 2 Chronicles 7:14.

“The times we are living in are more than crazy. Now each of us is called upon to cast our vote in the elections. But first, we should bow our knees and cry out to our God, for He is the only one who can really help us!”, the organising group said. “Let us set an example in this world and in the unseen world: we pray as the body of Christ that God's will be done in Germany”.

 

 

 

 

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Also the Liebenzeller Mission, in the southwest of Germany, brought together young people on the weekend of 21-23 February. As many as 900 attended their youth prayer conference.

“Our world is in crisis in many ways, and perhaps you are also going through your own personal crisis. You long for confidence and hope?”, the organisers said.

At the Youth Prayer Congress 2025, participants “prayed for their teachers, for broken families, for peace and for the federal election”, a press released explained.