Heidi Reichinnek: Lower Saxony's new most popular politician!

Heidi Reichinnek: Lower Saxony's new most popular politician!

In the current Insa politician ranking, Heidi Reichinnek (left) from Osnabrück is at the head of the most popular politicians in Germany. Reichinnek, who originally comes from Merseburg in Saxony-Anhalt and has lived in Osnabrück since 2016, has overtaken Bärbel BAS (SPD), which is now in eighth place. Reichinnek moved into the Bundestag after the Bundestag election, in which she lost to the CDU top candidate Mathias Middelberg. From 2019 to 2023 she also held the position of the state chairman of the left in Lower Saxony. Your remarkable performance in the current ranking underlines the increasing political reputation of women in management positions.

It should be emphasized that Heidi Reichinnek is in seventh place in the Insa ranking. This survey was carried out by an institute that surveyed around 2000 Germans to the popularity of politicians. The current leader Boris Pistorius (SPD) has been running the ranking for over two years and is unchallenged at the top. Pistorius, who is the executive minister, keeps the lead ahead of Markus Söder (CSU) and Hendrik Wüst (CDU). Lars Klingbeil (SPD) follows fourth, while Friedrich Merz (CDU) and Robert Habeck (Greens) are also represented in the top positions.

The current ranking situation

As confirming several sources, the trio at the top of the ranking is currently stable. Together with Pistorius and Söder, Lars Klingbeil ranks fourth. In the overall list, there are many indications that the popularity values ​​of Olaf Scholz (SPD) are under pressure because it fell into fourteenth place. Alice Weidel (AfD) has improved by two places in twelfth place.

historical trends in the politician ranking

The ranking not only shows the current mood in the country, but also reflects the changes since the last Bundestag election. Surprisingly, there were seven different leaders during this period, with two women and five men being among the leaders. Angela Merkel (CDU) was the most popular politician in the last quarter of 2021, while Karl Lauterbach (SPD) briefly took the top position in winter 2022 before the Ukraine War postponed the political priorities. The popularity values ​​are in constant flow and reflect the respective zeitgeist topics.

A remarkable aspect is that no candidate for chancellor could reach the top 3 of the most popular politicians. The survey results indicate that voters take into account not only their party affiliation, but also their services and positions in crisis times when assessing politicians.

For further details on this survey and the results, please visit the reports from and Bild.de