When the Federal Assembly selects a successor to Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier at the end of January 2027, the issue of whether the country should elect a woman to the highest state office for the first time appears to be a low priority for the majority of women in Germany. According to a YouGov survey conducted on behalf of the German publication “Bild der Frau,” 63 percent of the women surveyed stated that it does not matter to them whether the Federal President is a man or a woman. Specifically, 28 percent expressed a definite desire for a woman to hold the office for the first time, while only 4 percent were against such a female appointment. Furthermore, among those women who wished for a female president, Julia Klöckner was cited most frequently as a potential candidate (10 percent), followed by Ilse Aigner (6 percent) and Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (5 percent). The YouGov polling, which took place between May 13 and May 18, included a total of 2,164 participants, among them 1,109 women. The results were weighted appropriately and stratified based on age, gender, and region.
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