The graph I posted should be self explanatory. It shows election results in numbers . Most videos, articles posted are shortly summarized and introduced.
But that's my inside view, if people say it's not clear enough I'll try to give more detailed summaries.
The biggest problem for me, when following foreign elections is following the complex, accompanying processes and figuring out how things work.
Following domestic politics of one nation is complex and busy work enough. Diving into another system is even more complex as you have to start from zero.
The u.s. system still feels strange and alien to me and I often blacked out when people started throwing around names and "things" around in us election threads. What? Who? How does this work?
I get that. Still, I invite everybody to ask. It is an entirely different democratic system. It can be interesting to look in and you have the opportunity to speak to natives here.
For example, us media tends to describe German election and candidates as boring. While I'll argue that there is a wind of change on the streets. But in a calm German way ;)
What we describe as unelectable right, is kind of similar to the Republican Party (from my German us system understanding) etc.
So imagine how left SPD (social Democratic Party) and Die Linke (Party called The left) must look to us voters.
as said, it can be an interesting to look into different systems
I get all that. And it's good that you mentioned US elections. I think the comparison between these two countries is a very interesting one, because it shows the stark differences between a two-party and a multiple party system. US politics often feels like two sports teams, "left" (the understanding of left is different between these countries and would be a whole discussion in itself) and right, Republican and Democrat, North and South, White and non-White, opposing each other. It shows the divide of the country since abolition and the civil war in its political system. It's very different from Germany's multi-party system. You have numerous camps instead of two, and for me the big advantage of this is that parties are forced to compromise and cooperate and form coalitions, as no single party can get a majority on its own (hypothetically it could but not in the reality we're living in now). The system also helps prevent the division of the country into two camps. Another advantage is that no party wants to work with the AfD, the populist right-wing party, so their chances of being a part of the government are non-existent.
Now we just have to hope that the next coalition government will be formed without the CDU/CSU. We need progress and policies that look toward the future. The CDU represents stagnation and regression. 16 years was enough, away with Mutti (a German pet word for "Mutter" = "mother", a nickname people like to use for Merkel) and her lot. This is the main goal. We
need the change, and I hope that enough of the Stammwähler (people who vote for the same party out of tradition or principle, no matter how much they mess up - who I believe make up the majority of the CDU's voter base) can be swayed to vote for another party this time. Despite the promising polls, I'm afraid there might still be too many of these people out there.
And yes, German politicians are boring, as the black hole of charisma called Merkel has shown to the world for long enough. But personally, I don't care how entertaining or charming a politician is, I only care about their policies. It's not their job to be entertainers.
(This was an attempt to make this thread a little more understandable for non-Gemans. I thought I'd try at least 🙈)
I think the ;P at the end made it clear, that the post wasn't to serious, so not sure what the fuss is all about.
Yes, I just tried to convey my impression in a joking manner, but clearly I'm not very good at conveying humor, so I'll try to refrain from doing so in the future.
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