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2018-10-15 Europe

Bavaria election results: Chaos for Merkel as results show CSU's worst result in 60 yrs

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Posted by Frank G 2018-10-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top
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#1 The parties that are part of Merkel's coalition (CSU/SPD) or strongly support Merkel (Greens) still got over 60% of the vote while the only party explicitly opposing Merkel (AfD) barely got 10%.

If anything this is a realignment within the Merkel camp strengthening the extreme left.

Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2018-10-15 02:30|| 2018-10-15 02:30|| Front Page Top

#2 The conservative camp hasn't really lost much. The CSU will form a coalition with the Free Voters, who are just an alliance of disgruntled CSU fans with an emphasis on local rural politics. Their ideology doesn't differ much.

The AfD is lacking the local touch.

The Bavarian Greens may have a few leftist fans, but it's now basically a settled bourgeois party.

The SPD is irrelevant now, and the Linke (commies) didn't make it. The FDP (classical liberals) did.

Not much is leftist in Bavaria.

Posted by European Conservative 2018-10-15 05:10|| 2018-10-15 05:10|| Front Page Top

#3 Thank you. The media rarely seem to have the domain knowledge needed to tell what's really going on.

Posted by james 2018-10-15 13:46|| http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com 2018-10-15 13:46|| Front Page Top

#4 Gotta say it sure says something nowadays when the Social Democrats (SPD) have such a dismal result. Granted, Munich's top Buergermeister is usually a SPD'er, but, still....

Perhaps it is just a reaction to the "establishment" parties.

Posted by DooDahMan 2018-10-15 21:32|| 2018-10-15 21:32|| Front Page Top

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