GERMAN ELECTION (Running Thread): Schroeder by a Nosehair

Die Welt- translated ^ | 9/22/02 | Die Welt

[RobFromGa]

Election turnout probably smaller than 1998

Large opinion

Berlin/Rostock (dpa) - with the election to the Bundestag a smaller participation than before drew four years starting from 1998 lay it Germany far with 82,2 per cent in the late Sunday afternoon. However the returning officers reported high letter voter at the same time of a ratio. Everywhere the letter voters were not already taken in account. Thus a factor of uncertainty remained existing.

As one inquires around approximately three hours before locking of the polling stations resulted in, to against 15.00 o'clock in most Lands of the Federal Republic a clearly lower election turnout was registered. In Saxonia-Anhalt the participation lay at this time approximately 15 points under the values of the yearly 1998, in other Lands of the Federal Republic up to eight points. Also in the capital went to Berlin with herbstlich to cool weather clearly less voter to the urns.

On the other hand there was the tendency in few other Lands of the Federal Republic also to an easily higher election turnout - in such a way in Schleswig-Holstein and in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, where at the same time a new federal state parliament was selected.

In Saxonia the returning officers spoke first of a surprisingly large resonance, then the interest decreased/went back however clearly. Also in Bavaria the choice encountered in the first hours in some cities a substantially larger interest than 1998. There the participation up to 12 per cent points in the comparison rose to the same time before four years. Against noon this tendency decreased/went back likewise, of a clear minus was later spoken. It was similar in North Rhine-Westphalia and Hamburg.

From other Lands of the Federal Republic a rather weak resonance was determined. In Hessen, Thuringia, Saarland and Bremen the values decreased/went back. Also in Rhineland-Palatinate, Brandenburg and Lower Saxony the crush was smaller than 1998. In Baden-Wuerttemberg it meant: Election turnout constantly.

The polling stations for the election to the Bundestag had opened o'clock punctually at 08.00. 61,2 million Federal citizen were called to select a new parliament. With the election of the federal parliament in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania were entitled to vote about 1.4 million citizen.

After last inquiries and prognoses to the exit the SPD with Federal Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder was appropriate for the election to the Bundestag scarcely before the union with her candidate for the chancellorship Edmund Stoiber (CSU). Since also the smaller parties FDP and the Green were strongly estimated approximately in each case equal, the continuation of the red-green coalition was considered as uncertain. For a government majority in the parliament it could be crucial whether the Party of Democratic Socialism draws again into the Bundestag or not.

The Social Democrats set to come into the proximity of their result from 1998 to. At that time they reached 40.9 per cent of the secondary voices. CDU/CSU had slipped before four years to 35,1 per cent, their secondaryworst result with elections to the Bundestag. The Greens reached 6.7 per cent, the FDP came on 6,2 per cent. The Party of Democratic Socialism overcame the five-per cent hurdle with 5,1 per cent scarcely.

After last inquiries in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania a confirmation of the red-red coalition of SPD and Party of Democratic Socialism under head of the government Harald Ringstorff (SPD) applied as extremely probable. 1998 had the SPD 34.3, which reaches Party of Democratic Socialism 24.4 and the CDU 30.2 per cent.

[tomahawk]

You're looking at the results for one of the states. Those are not the national results.

[UofORepublican]

If there is no PDS we have a great shot at Schroeder being gone.

[Lessismore]

I just can't stand the thought of a Bavarian leader for Germany.

Why not? Then Bush could compare him to Hitler!

[Torie]

300 to spd, 298 to cdu, and 2 for pds. They said this was the final projection if I understood it.

[Dog]

I know it is another countries election rules and all .....and I don't want to hurt any German Freepers feelings .....BUT this is so blasted confusing..

[TheAngryClam]

heh, didn't even realize I'd hit the sidebar. I got up for thirty minutes and come back and see this. Nearly had a heart attack.

[cicero's_son]

Please tell me which office processes applications for Honorary Serb-hood.

I'd like to apply.

[marajade]

"The two commies get their seats in any case if they won in their district. You can't deny a directly elected representative his seat."

Well I see them as independents like Jeffords and just spoilers...

[writmeister]

I think those numbers may be for a particular province or region. They look like the numbers run for Mecklemburg which is a left-wing stronghold on the North coast of the old East Germany.

[eabinga]

What in God's name just happened? I didn't realize that they had the same problem with dead voters over there too...

Those are state election results, not federal

[TheAngryClam]

It was Ostdeutschland... East Germany. Figures.

[marajade]

"300 to spd, 298 to cdu, and 2 for pds. They said this was the final projection if I understood it."

Crap...

[Diddle E. Squat]

LOL.

BTW, on quite the tangent, Emmitt Smith just set the record for the most rushing ATTEMPTS.

Sanders, Payton, and Brown are still and will always be considered better rushers. Plus Smith is not only a Dallas Cowboy, but a supporter of Ron Kirk. Two great reasons to root against him!

[SkyRat]

I live in Hesse. If you live in Texas would you vote for a presidental canidate living in Florida?

[Torie]

I don't know. But but it is now spd 301, cdu 297, commies 2, so it appears that this election is about over.

[Torie]

It turned out it wasn't. SPD picked up yet another seat.

[eabinga]

FARK!

[marajade]

Maybe I'll just wait until all the votes are counted... Too many parties, too many rules about seats and how they are counted are not...

I hope Schroeder gets tossed though...

[Dog]

SPD/Green= 46.7

CDU/CSU=46.1

PDS=4.0.....they are dropped

[RobFromGa]

Have they counted up the absentee ballots yet?