'If Germany could vote, Hillary would win hands down'

TheLocal.de ^ | 14 Jul 2016 17:34 GMT+02:00 | Dr. Harry Friebel, professor of sociology at Hamburg University

[Olog-hai]

Germans think Trump would be a disaster for the USA and the rest of the world, argues Hamburg professor Dr. Harry Friebel in an opinion piece for The Local. […]

If Germany could vote, the outcome would be clear: Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton would win hands down against the Republican’s combustible and unpredictable Donald Trump. Different surveys on the preferences of Germans for the 45^th president of the US come to similar conclusions: The magazine Stern reported on the results of its own survey “Germany Chooses” that 80 percent of Germans would vote for Clinton and 20 percent for Trump. […]

Clear differences between East and West Germany as well as with regard to German party preferences emerge: Clinton does best in West Germany and among supporters of the Greens, the Left Party and the Social Democratic Party (SPD). Trump receives considerably more support in the East of Germany and among supporters of the populist Alternative for Germany (AfD). […]

Old Europe wants Hillary Clinton to emerge victorious. …

[doug from upland]

She would also win hads down with the prison population. And the criminally insane.

[ZULU]

Then we know he is the right choice. As far as I am concerned they can have Sieg Hillary! Idiots.

[BitWielder1]

I suspect Germany and the rest of Europe get most of their US news freshly translated and unfiltered from New York Times.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Germany can have her!

I’ll provide the postage, but someone else has to slap it on her ample rump!

[KC_Lion]

Clear differences between East and West Germany as well as with regard to German party preferences emerge: Clinton does best in West Germany and among supporters of the Greens, the Left Party and the Social Democratic Party (SPD). Trump receives considerably more support in the East of Germany and among supporters of the populist Alternative for Germany (AfD). […]

^^^ This.

People who have experienced Communism first hand aren't as easily fooled with the B.S. of Free Cheese.

[fellowpatriot]

They hated Reagan.

True, but they were fed and bought into the liberal propaganda about Reagan, they never really knew him.

[pgkdan]

Yeah well...good thing you Deutsche bags don’t get to vote.

[dragonblustar]

Proving once again that Germany should never be trusted!

[The Toll]

The German’s should just behead themselves on Youtube. Skip to the end! This show is boring!

[Axenolith]

Yea? They thought they could kick the rest of the worlds ass twice too...

[cld51860]

We Don’t Care, Krauts.

[rjsimmon]

Now HE was a great leader.

[ManHunter]

Cool! They can have her - I’ll even pay for her plane fare!

[dfwgator]

But he wimped out and allowed Hitler to be appointed, even though he hated his guts and knew how Hitler would be.

[rjsimmon]

But he wimped out and allowed Hitler to be appointed, even though he hated his guts and knew how Hitler would be.

At that stage of Hindenburg's life, he was far too frail to put up a fight.

[MeganC]

Truth be told, it IS tasty cheese!

I wish they sold it because I’d buy it!

[Night Hides Not]

True, but they were fed and bought into the liberal propaganda about Reagan, they never really knew him.

My dear neighbors in Traben-Trarbach learned much about Ronald Reagan, American history and civics, during the 1980 campaign. I was all of 26 at the time, but I had a good education, and spoke the language fairly well.

My points were driven home on Inauguration Day, when the hostages landed at Ramstein.

[Ancesthntr]

Who f’ing cares WHAT the Krauts think?

Or the Mexicans, Chinese, Fwench, Italians, Martians, whomever - IT ISN’T THEIR COUNTRY!

I don’t notice many polls asking Americans who they think would be the best leader for a foreign country - why might that be?

[Sgt_Schultze]

[Steve Van Doorn]

What is even worse is if the German elections where today. Merkel would still be prime minster. That is what the last poll about two months ago shown.

Germany is screwed.