Kategorie 'Wahlkampf 2017'

Supporters of the rightist party “AfD” in Germany

Montag, 25. September 2017 - 05:45

In the federal elections in Germany (2017-09-24) more than 1 million voters switched from the moderate conservative to the rightists. 300,000 of the voters who previously voted for the social democrates moved to the rightists. 1,300,000 voters supported the rightists who previously didn’t vote at all.

Voters of the AfD (right populists, “Alternative für Deutschland”): 13%

  • 35% of these voters didn’t vote in 2013 or voted for other (little) parties in in 2013
  • 24% of these voters voted for the AfD (right-wing to far-right) in 2013.
  • 21% of these voters voted for the CDU/CSU (conservatives, centre to centre right, supports Angela Merkel, “Christlich Demokratische Partei”, Bavarian “Christlich Soziale Partei”) in 2013.
  • 21% of these voters voted for the SPD (social democrats, centre left, “Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands”) in 2013.
  • 10% of these voters voted for the FDP (slightly ortholiberal and different from the US liberals, centre to centre right), “Freie Demokratische Partei”) in 2013.
  • 6% of these voters voted for the “Die Linke” (leftist to far left) in 2013.
  • 1% of these voters voted for the “Die Grünen” (greens, centre to centre left) in 2013.

Source: Forschungsgruppe Wahlen (quoted by the weekly DIE ZEIT)

More about the parties: Wikipedia

My personal opinion:
        The rightists always have been there, but only recently they were able to develop structures which allowed them to be visible in the federal parliament. A driving force behind that could be an increasing economical inequality (explanation in German how to measure economic inequality) with a growing group of people who feel left behind by the established parties. This feeling probably had been significantly intensified by refugees who are perceived by AfD voters as cultural and economical competitors. The refugees, the internet and the effects of (not only economic) globalization seem to have served as major catalysts for the emergence and growth of the AfD.
        I think that many AfD supporters would support a leader like Donald Trump. He surely doesn’t recieve any sympathies from the members of any other party in the German parliament. Germany still is a mature democracy.

Landtagswahl 2017: Schleswig-Holstein

Montag, 27. März 2017 - 20:49

Landtagswahl 2017: NRW

Sonntag, 26. März 2017 - 18:34

Landtagswahl 2017: Saarland

Sonntag, 26. März 2017 - 18:20

Wahlhelfer

Sonntag, 8. Januar 2017 - 11:28

http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/trump-putin-and-the-big-hack

Trump, Putin, and the Big Hack

By David Remnick
January 6, 2017

[...] A declassified report concluded that Putin ordered a campaign of covert operations, from defamatory “fake news” articles about Clinton to the hack itself. [...]

[...] Like many nationalist politicians in Europe, Trump has made plain his admiration for Putin, complimenting the Russian leader’s “great control over his country,” while at the same time failing to address the reality that Putin’s regime has instituted wholesale censorship of television, increased repressive measures on ordinary citizens, and unleashed his forces in Ukraine and Syria. (Putin, of course, discounts criticism of his policies as Western hypocrisy and points to everything from the invasion of Iraq, which he opposed, to the eastward expansion of NATO, which he sees as an aggressive act.) [...]

ZWANGSDU

Freitag, 6. Januar 2017 - 22:58

Tolles Webdesign. Für’s DU wird’s offensichtlich eng (oben). Darum mache ich der FDP noch einen Vorschlag (unten).

Die Farben jedenfalls hinterlassen einen bleibenden Eindruck. Starre das DU jetzt bitte eine Minute lang feste an. Mache danach die Augen zu. Was siehst du dann?

Richtig: Es bleibt ein dunkelblaues DU auf grünem Grund im Auge.

Wie du das DU jetzt wieder wegkriegst, musst du schon selbst herausfinden.

 
#FDP #DuStattKollektivWir #Eigenverantwortung #Dreikönigstreffen #Dreikoenigstreffen #3k17

Getting the job done is more important than honesty

Freitag, 6. Januar 2017 - 16:20

https://thefinancialbrand.com/62352/banking-donald-trump-election/ (Ron Shevlin)

[...] integrity, trustworthiness, likability of banks doesn’t really matter to a lot of consumers. I know that you don’t want it to be that way, but that’s the way it is. [...]

Vermutlich ist es so. Schöne Aussichten für Wahlkämpfe.

Wurstwahl

Mittwoch, 28. Dezember 2016 - 06:55

Jetzt hat Agrarbundesminister Christian Schmidt (CDU) den Bundestagswahlkampf eröffnet. Schluss mit den Albereien und Themenverfehlungen in diesem Blog. Es wird jetzt allmählich Zeit, wieder zum Thema “Wahlen” zurückzukehren. Es geht um die Wurst.

Der Minister schaffte es heute in die Nachrichten mit seiner Forderung, die Begriffe “vegetarisches Schnitzel”, “vegane Currywurst” usw. zu verbieten. Das ist ein wichtiger Vorschlag, damit man Pflanzliches nicht mit Fleischlichem verwechselt. Man müsse sich neue Begriffe einfallen lassen. Schmitt ist jedoch spät dran: Vurst.de gab es schon (und ist jetzt wieder im Angebot beim Domänenfänger). Bei “Schnitzel” wird das schon schwieriger. Wer will schon Vitzel?

Als Bayer sollte dem Minister vielleicht doch einmal auffallen, dass der Begriff “Pflanzerl” die außerbayerische Bevölkerung Deutschlands immer wieder irritiert. Solch irreführende Begriffe gehören ebenfalls auf die Verbotsliste.

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