If you could cast a vote for Austrian Chancellor

[Tender Branson]

Vote.

Kern = Social Democrat, center-left, pro-European, pro middle-class, pro-business, pro-minorities, pro-women, mixed on immigration

Kurz = Conservative, center-right, pro-European, pro business, mass-migration-critical

Strache = Far Right populist, anti-European, wants zero immigration or many deportations

Lunacek = Eco-Left, pro-European, strongly pro-immigration and pro-refugees, feminist and strongly pro-minorities (LGBT etc.)

Strolz = liberal, centrist, pro-European, pro business, pro-minorities, feminist

Lugar = (far) right-wing populist, anti-European, anti-immigration (pretty much like Strache)

Messner = Communist, populist, mixed on Europe, pro-minorities, feminist, anti-capitalist, strongly pro-middle and lower class, emphasis on cheap housing and rental/eviction advice for low-income people



(Strache, Kurz, Kern)



(Lunacek)



(Strolz, Messner)



(Lugar)

[Tender Branson]

Kern for me.

[Tender Branson]

There might be another party on the ballot on Oct. 15, called "Der Wandel" (The Change), a far left-progressive party somewhere in between the Greens and KPÖ.

https://www.derwandel.at/democratic-modernity

Frontrunner could be Fayad Mulla:



They will have to collect signatures, so their run is not certain. Besides, they won't get much more than 1%, expect if they are running on a platform with the KPÖ again (like in the 2014 European elections).

But it would be an alternative for leftist voters, who think the Greens are too establishment and who think the KPÖ is too old-fashioned Communist and radical.

[DavidB.]

I'd vote for the FPÖ in the actual election but would want Kurz as Chancellor, not Strache -- so voted Kurz here.

[Kingpoleon]

1. Strolz
2. Kurz
3. Kern
4. Lunacek
5. Lugar

[windjammer]

Kern, obviously

[mvd10]

Easily Kurz, even though Kern is pretty good for a social democrat.

[TheSaint250]

Talking about the most likely to win, Kurz.

[White Trash]

Ugh, it's a sad day when the commie seems like a decent option.

[President Johnson]

Kern, easy vote. Currently one of the best heads of government on the globe.

[Intell]

Kern.

[SATW]

Sebastian Kurz

[RFayette]

Strache

[Wake Me Up When The Hard Border Ends]

Kurz.

[Kingpoleon]

Strache

Lugar is almost certainly more like you.

[Tender Branson]

LOL ... 5 votes (=13%) for the Communist ?

Only on Atlas.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Easy vote for Kern.

[Lechasseur]

HC Strache