German Elections & Politics

[Franzl]

New elections would be fun, though

[Franzl]

Just look how the Green support collapsed after the allegations became known and then they only got 8.5% after polling 14-15%.

To be fair, even disregarding that incident, the Greens ran an exceptionally poor campaign. I'm not sure they would have reached double digits anyway.

[Franzl]

Some "grand" coalition that would be in Sachsen.

[Franzl]

NPD 4,9 !

[Franzl]

I'd love to see black-green again like in my state, but I doubt Tillich will want to go with such a small majority.

[Franzl]

I really hope red-red-green does happen. I dislike the idea of Linke being in charge just as much as the next reasonable person, but it's really time for it to happen. There needs to be a clear left and right.

[Franzl]

I'd vote Green in Thüringen today. Probably CDU in Brandenburg.

[Franzl]

ARD election coverage starts:

http://en.iphone-tv.eu/stream/de/44

ZDF election coverage starts:

http://en.iphone-tv.eu/stream/de/19

1st projection for both states in 15 minutes !

Ah thanks!

I've been trying for several minutes to get a livestream and unfortunately, from Poland, it's not the easiest task.

That works though.

[Franzl]

ARD election coverage starts:

http://en.iphone-tv.eu/stream/de/44

ZDF election coverage starts:

http://en.iphone-tv.eu/stream/de/19

1st projection for both states in 15 minutes !

Ah thanks!

I've been trying for several minutes to get a livestream and unfortunately, from Poland, it's not the easiest task.

That works though.

No problem ...

Btw: What are you doing in Poland ?

Auslandssemester

[Franzl]

Hoping the respectable turnout in Thüringen means the NPD doesn't surprise us...

[Franzl]

CDU-SPD "grand coalition" with a majority of only 1 seat in Thüringen. Red-Red-Green 1 seat short of a majority. Well this is going to be chaos.

[Franzl]

CDU-SPD "grand coalition" with a majority of only 1 seat in Thüringen. Red-Red-Green 1 seat short of a majority. Well this is going to be chaos.

CDU/SPD/Greens is an option then.

Wonder if this is the first time a "grand coalition" might be without a majority in Germany?

[Franzl]

Oh, and the FDP really needs to stop being listed separately.

[Franzl]

So in Thüringen, the far-left and far-right receive a total of 40%, while red-green are at 18%, and black-yellow (lol) get 35%.

[Franzl]

So in Thüringen, the far-left and far-right receive a total of 40%, while red-green are at 13%, and black-yellow (lol) get 35%.

Yeah, well, I don't think die Linke qualifies as far-left in this context, maybe even in any context. And does the AfD actually qualify as "far-right" ? Wouldn't that be the NPD ? I would see the AfD more as "right-wing" or "hard-right", not "far-right".

I agree with you, but my version sounded more dramatic.

[Franzl]

At this point, the AfD has no interest in governing. Why would they?

[Franzl]

I'm pretty sure the AfD will get easily into the Hamburg parliament (senate) early next year.

They will likely get 6-8% and not the 10-12% in the East, but they will easily get in.

I think the AfD would likely enter in pretty much every Bundesland at this point.

[Franzl]

Federal poll from Forsa:

CDU/CSU: 42%
SPD: 22%
AfD: 10%
Linke: 9%
Grüne: 8%

FDP: 2%

[Franzl]

Infratest Dimap federal poll:

CDU/CSU 41%
SPD 24%
Linke 10%
AfD 9%
Grüne 9%

FDP 2%
others 5%

They really really need to start listing FDP under other.

[Franzl]

Yep, the Linke led red-red-green coalition is happening.

[Franzl]

Only 45.

Ramelow fails to win in first round.

[Franzl]

Ramelow (Linke) has been elected Ministerpräsident of Thüringen in a Linke/SPD/Green coalition.

[Franzl]

Here's to hoping the FDP and AFD land at exactly 4.99%.

[Franzl]

lol St. Pauli

Linke 29,1
SPD 26,0
Grüne 24,7
Piraten 4,5
Die Partei 4,2
CDU 4,0