Slight bounce for the SPD in the first Infratest dimap poll since the new government took over.
CDU/CSU: 42%
SPD: 27%
Grüne: 9%
Linke: 8%
AfD: 4%
FDP: 4%
They should enjoy it while they can. Hopefully, they'll drop to all-time lows very soon. The SPD is dead for all true intents and purposes.
Why are people here so negative on the SPD?
They're to the right of most European mainstream-left parties (emphasis on the word 'European', of course), and there's a perception (that reminds me of similarly absurd ideas about the GOP, actually) that they're going to die out and be overtaken by the Greens.
The SPD are truly in a crap position, but this always gets said about the mainstream left in Europe. See: 1980s/early 90s UK Labour, the PS throughout its existence.
Merkel's popular and the SPD isn't. Simple as that really. When they can reverse that, they'll be able to lead a government again.