2012 Elections in Germany

[Old Europe]

Hope the Greens snuff it.

Jörg Schönenborn strongly implied that they probably won't.

[Peter the Lefty]

Another grand coalition in Saarland?  Wow, big change there.  The SPD is too chicken to join forces with the Left there too, I take it?

[Vasall des Midas]

Hope the Greens snuff it.

Jörg Schönenborn strongly implied that they probably won't.

They always seem to treat 5.0% as just over 5% on the telly.

[Old Europe]

29% of all male first-time voters voted Pirate.

[Tender Branson]

Let's see if the Greens are above 5% in the final vote count. Usually, when they have 5% in the exit poll, they will end up at less than 5% in the vote count. SPD-Left would have a majority then and maybe the SPD says Heiko Maas needs to go and we enter a SPD-Left coalition.

[Tender Branson]

1st ARD projection:

[Vasall des Midas]

Frankfurt, 50/461 precincts  in already.

Peter Feldmann 59.5%. Wtf? I guess I need to check what precincts those are.

[Tender Branson]

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (CDU) also wins the direct vote for Prime Minister:

[Old Europe]

Another grand coalition in Saarland?  Wow, big change there.

Why's that? This would be the first grand coalition Saarland had since 1961.

[Vasall des Midas]

Another grand coalition in Saarland?  Wow, big change there.

Why's that? This would be the first grand coalition Saarland had since 1961.

I think he meant, yet another state with a grand coalition, the Saar this time.

Have had a look at those precincts. Will get closer, but no way does Rhein win this.

[Peter the Lefty]

Another grand coalition in Saarland?  Wow, big change there.

Why's that? This would be the first grand coalition Saarland had since 1961.

Because the CDU would still hold the governor's office, and it would only be a hair more left-wing than the CDU-FDP-Greens coalition.  

[Vasall des Midas]

Half the precincts are in. Wow, counting is fast when there's only one vote and two piles to make.

Feldmann 58.4%. This looks like a landslide folks. This is 3 percentage points beyond my wildest dreams.

[Tender Branson]

BTW: Feldmann is the SPD-guy in Frankfurt ? When was the last time Frankfurt had a SPD-mayor ?

[Californian Tony]

LOL. They could have a SPD-left government and instead they choose another stupid grand coalition which will govern to the right. Germany is quite depressing.

[Sibboleth]

Presumably there are personal 'issues' between the Saarland SPD and Saarland Left? Given that the latter are defectors from the former?

[Vasall des Midas]

Nieder-Erlenbach is complete. Rhein 60.6% (+3.9), turnout 51.0% (-1.3).

So is the Riederwald. Rhein 26.5% (-1.5), turnout 32.5% (-1.3).

Lol, it's a partial result with no postal votes, but Feldmann is ahead in Westend North!

BTW: Feldmann is the SPD-guy in Frankfurt ? When was the last time Frankfurt had a SPD-mayor ?

1989 to 1995. Two of them, both ruined by the SPD right wing disliking their Green coalition partner and hating the SPD left wing.
Then we had the newly introduced direct elections and a popular moderate female Landtag member as CDU candidate... and now she's been mayor for literally half my life, but now retiring.
At the last local elections of course, the SPD dropped to third place behind the CDU's Green coalition partner...

[Vasall des Midas]

Presumably there are personal 'issues' between the Saarland SPD and Saarland Left? Given that the latter are defectors from the former?

These seemed surmountable as recently as the last state election. But the German left (political caste) right now is pathetic, there's really no other word for it. That includes the Left as well as the SPD and Greens. And hence the emergence of the Pirates.

[Tender Branson]

Results:

http://www.statistikextern.saarland.de/wahlen/wahlen/2012/internet_saar/LT_SL_12/landesergebnisse

[Californian Tony]

Presumably there are personal 'issues' between the Saarland SPD and Saarland Left? Given that the latter are defectors from the former?

Maybe they should start wondering why these people defected ? And why so many voters also defected the SPD in favor of them ?

(yes, I know I'm dreaming)

[Vasall des Midas]

Still 58.0%. Party time. If I were Olaf Cunitz or Sarah Sorge I'd think about resigning right now, but then that's part of the reason why I'm not.

[Vasall des Midas]

Results:

http://www.statistikextern.saarland.de/wahlen/wahlen/2012/internet_saar/LT_SL_12/landesergebnisse

I have much prettier results!

http://www.wahlen.frankfurt.de/

[Vasall des Midas]

Oh yeah, the PARTEI auctioned off its endorsement on ebay (money raised to be donated to the Zoo for cuter animals, the renovation of the meerkats' place to be precise.) A Feldmann supporter payed 122 Euros for it.

[Tender Branson]

In which precinct of Frankfurt are you living again ?

[Sibboleth]

I have much prettier results!

Any idea why it's such a (pretty) blowout?

[Old Europe]

New NRW poll from Infratest-dimap

SPD 40%
CDU 32%
Greens 12%
Pirates 5%
FDP 4%
Left 3%