German Elections & Politics

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It's time we'll get a term limit for chancellors!!!

[Tender Branson]

Horrible news for the SPD coming out of Lower Saxony ...

Infratest dimap polled both the federal election on Sept. 24 and the early state election on Oct. 15:

FEDERAL ELECTION:



Changes compared with 2013:

CDU: +1
SPD: -4
Greens: -2
FDP: +4
Left: -1
AfD: +2
Others: n.c.

STATE ELECTION (changes in the chart are compared to the January poll)



Changes compared with 2013:

CDU: +4
SPD: -1
Greens: -5
FDP: -3
Left: n.c.
AfD: +6
Others: -1

[Middle-aged Europe]

The LaRouche-ists are back in action!





"We Germans can prevent the World War!"


Hahaha, cracks me up every time I see it. I also need to take a picture of that poster from the "Party for Medical Research".... their slogan is: "CANCER? No, thanks!" *lol*

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When I saw the election poster for the first time, I initially only saw the upper half of it.
I thought it was a poster from Die Partei.

[Yeahsayyeah]

"Wir Deutsche" is actually terrible German...

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"Wir Deutsche" is actually terrible German...

Actually not. It sounds wrong, but it's officially correct:

http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/wir

Westerwelle also used to say: "Wir Liberale."

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Emnid poll about the approval ratings of Merkel's third cabinet

	Finance Minister	Wolfgang Schäuble	CDU	62%	28%	10%
	Chancellor	Angela Merkel	CDU	60%	34%	6%
	Foreign Minister Vice Chancellor	Sigmar Gabriel	SPD	54%	33%	13%
	Interior Minister	Thomas de Maizière	CDU	50%	35%	15%
	Justice Minister	Heiko Maas	SPD	42%	32%	26%
	Development Aid Minister	Gerd Müller	CSU	29%	23%	48%
	Environment Minister	Barbara Hendricks	SPD	37%	36%	27%

	Labor Minister	Andrea Nahles	SPD	38%	44%	18%
	Agriculture Minister	Christian Schmidt	CSU	28%	37%	35%
	Education Minister	Johanna Wanker Wanka	CDU	28%	37%	35%
	Health Minister	Hermann Gröhe	CDU	30%	41%	29%
	Defense Minister	Ursula von der Leyen	CDU	36%	54%	10%
	Transport Minister	Alexander Dobrindt	CSU	23%	60%	17%

Family Minister Katarina Barley and Economy Mister Brigitte Zypries (both SPD) were not polled as they assumed their offices only recently.

[Middle-aged Europe]

I'd like to add that these are job approval ratings, not favorability ratings.

Von der Leyen's numbers look pretty bad, considering that she was treated as Merkel's potential successor. Good prospects for de Maiziére though, except that he's as old as Merkel.

Alexander Dobrindt must have taken a serious hit due to his handling of the automobile emissions and cartel scandals. Well, he had it coming. Don't wait for him to return to Merkel's next cabinet.

Gabriel's good numbers are pretty ironic if we compare them with what they must have looked in January. He didn't became his party's Chancellor-candidate because he used to be unpopular. Yeah, yeah, I know, foreign ministers are often popular. That axiom didn't apply to Guido Westerwelle though... or does anyone know if his approvals went up after he had resigned as FDP chairman and the only position he continued to hold on to was foreign minister?

And LOL@Müller... only 52% of the voters know who he even is. But not unsurprising considering that he heads the most arcane of the ministries.

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Gabriel's good numbers are pretty ironic if we compare them with what they must have looked in January. He didn't became his party's Chancellor-candidate because he used to be unpopular. Yeah, yeah, I know, foreign ministers are often popular. That axiom didn't apply to Guido Westerwelle though... or does anyone know if his approvals went up after he had resigned as FDP chairman and the only position he continued to hold on to was foreign minister?

Westerwelle became quite "popular" after he had quit his party chairmanship and his vice-chancellorship. That's because he started to shut up and just do his work and at least tried to improve his English. Some self-appointed expert on "Phoenix" even suggested he should have stayed party leader and vice chancellor because of his recent approval ratings.

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And LOL@Müller... only 52% of the voters know who he even is. But not unsurprising considering that he heads the most arcane of the ministries.

Dead right. That ministry is so superfluous that the FDP had wanted to abolish it - until they came into power in 2009, and flying carpet minister Dirk Niebel needed a job, so...

[Kamala]

So, why is Schauble so popular?

[Middle-aged Europe]

So, why is Schauble so popular?

He's ensuring Germany's continued prosperity by quietly doing his job, or at least that's how I'd describe his public image. I guess he's seen as competent and the personification of political stability albeit in a boring way. At the very least he has amassed more political experience than some of these other folks combined, considering that it was almost 33 years ago that he first became a cabinet member under Helmut Kohl.

[mvd10]

So, why is Schauble so popular?

He's ensuring Germany's continued prosperity by quietly doing his job, or at least that's how I'd describe his public image. I guess he's seen as competent and the personification of political stability albeit in a boring way. At the very least he has amassed more political experience than some of these other folks combined, considering that it was almost 33 years ago that he first became a cabinet member under Helmut Kohl.

Does being Merkel's "pitbull" on Greece also help his image?

[Middle-aged Europe]

So, why is Schauble so popular?

He's ensuring Germany's continued prosperity by quietly doing his job, or at least that's how I'd describe his public image. I guess he's seen as competent and the personification of political stability albeit in a boring way. At the very least he has amassed more political experience than some of these other folks combined, considering that it was almost 33 years ago that he first became a cabinet member under Helmut Kohl.

Does being Merkel's "pitbull" on Greece also help his image?

I think that's an image of Schäuble more prevalent abroad than it is at home.

Nobody actually gives a sh**t about Greece here... at least nobody has been since mid-2015.

[SNJ1985]

The AfD gets 10% in the most recent INSA poll. They seem to be doing better in the polls recently.

[Tender Branson]

Bavaria (federal election poll by GMS for Sat1 Bayern)

48% CSU (-1 compared with 2013 federal election)
19% SPD (-1)
  9% FDP (+4)
  8% Greens (nc)
  6% AfD (+2)
  3% FW (nc)
  3% Left (-1)
  4% Others (-3)

66% Right (CSU+FDP+AfD+FW)
30% Left (SPD+Greens+Left)

https://www.sat1.at/regional/bayern/waehlercheck/fdp-stark-wie-nie-9-afd-steigt-ab-6

[Tender Branson]

Spot the mistake on the following campaign poster by the AfD:



"Our program for Germany: secure medical coverage in rural areas."

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Spot the mistake on the following campaign poster by the AfD:



"Our program for Germany: secure medical coverage in rural areas."

Nuremberg doesn't lie in the Alps.

(The subject they are addressing on the election poster is, however, a very serious problem in Germany.)

[pilskonzept]

Anschluss, Baby!

[Tender Branson]

Spot the mistake on the following campaign poster by the AfD:



"Our program for Germany: secure medical coverage in rural areas."

Two mistakes. First of all, Nuremberg doesn't lie in the Alps. Secondly, the AfD seems to be looking forward to the election so much that they obviously want them early.

(The subject they are addressing on the election poster is, however, a very serious problem in Germany.)

Early ?

PS: you still didn't spot the main mistake

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Spot the mistake on the following campaign poster by the AfD:



"Our program for Germany: secure medical coverage in rural areas."

Two mistakes. First of all, Nuremberg doesn't lie in the Alps. Secondly, the AfD seems to be looking forward to the election so much that they obviously want them early.

(The subject they are addressing on the election poster is, however, a very serious problem in Germany.)

Early ?

PS: you still didn't spot the main mistake

Ah, sorry! I took a look at my calendar and forgot that we still have August.

[Tender Branson]

Anschluss, Baby!

Not entirely correct. Try again ...

[Kamala]

The Matterhorn is in Switzerland/Italy? I don't know my mountains all that well but the one in the poster resembles it.

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PS: you still didn't spot the main mistake

There's another mistake?

[Tender Branson]

The Matterhorn is in Switzerland/Italy? I don't know my mountains all that well but the one in the poster resembles it.

Correct !

The Alternative for Germany is picturing the Swiss Matterhorn in their campaign poster.