According to a survey of the way Germans behave at elections in terms of religious confession in last Sunday’s polls, Alternative for Germany (AfD), an extreme right party that met unexpected success in this round of vote, was voted by 10% of Catholic voters in Rhineland-Palatinate and by 13% in Baden Wüttemberg. Posted earlier today on the website katholish.de, such figures come from a survey conducted by the Infratest dimap institute on a sample of 3753 people in Rhineland-Palatinate (population 4 million) and 5380 people in Baden-Württemberg (population over 10 million). The survey found that 41% of Catholics in Rhineland voted for Angela Merkel’s Cdu and 31% for Spd, while the Green party was the one least voted for by Catholics (4%). In Baden-Württemberg, Catholics turned their back on Cdu, where 35% of the votes were -14% compared with 2011; Spd too only gained 10% of Catholics (and lost as many compared with 2011). In this Land, Catholic votes were attracted by AfD and by the Green Party, chosen by 30% of Catholics (+9% compared with 2011). In the two Lander, AfD was also voted for by 12% and 15% of Protestants, respectively. The majority of respondents who voted for AfD stated they are non-believers or non-Catholics or Evangelical. In Germany, Catholics are 29.5%, Evangelicals over 27%, non believers about 35%.