… percent, compared with 4.1 percent in 2013. Speaking the day after the vote in Hesse, Merkel said “the results are a … set off a firestorm. Kramp-Karrenbauer said it was “a bad day for Thuringia and a bad day for Germany.” Merkel said, … is currently polling at 35-37 percent, the Greens at 18-20 percent, the SPD at 14-15 percent, and the FDP at 7-8 …