German state and local elections, March 26th

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New poll for the Rhineland-Palatinate election:

SPD 37%
CDU 37%
FDP 11%
Greens 7%
WASG 4%

And the numbers for the PM candidates:
(Hypothetical, since PM is elected by the state parliament. Nevertheless good news for the SPD. Makes you wonder how the CDU would do with a decent challenger... )

Kurt Beck (incumbent SPD) 69%
Christoph Böhr (CDU): 17%


 

[CO-OWL]

Kurt Beck (incumbent SPD) 69%
Christoph Böhr (CDU): 17%

This doesn't surprise me a bit. Why does the CDU even allow Böhr to run again? Isn't it the third time now?

No, only the second time. As Lewis wrote Böhr narrowly won a kind of "primary" (against Peter Rauen, CDU MdB and over 60). IIRC the mayor of Ludwigshafen, Eva Lohse(?), was asked to run against Böhr but declined. Sad to say, Böhr seems to be the best candidate available.
At least when Beck retires prospects for the CDU should be much better.

(Or maybe we should ask Bernhard Vogel to make a comeback... .)

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This should be interesting for Lewis:
http://de.news.yahoo.com/11032006/336/cdu-haengt-spd-frankfurt.html

Poll for Frankfurt city council (Ipos/FGW, n=1066)

CDU 39%
SPD 28%
Greens 19%
FDP 6%
Left Party 5%
Other 4% (should be 3% to get 100%?)

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New Rhineland-Palatinate poll (Forsa, 03/15)

SPD 39%
CDU 34%
FDP 10%
Greens 8%
WASG 4%
Other 5%

New Saxony-Anhalt poll (IfM, 03/14)

CDU 38 %
SPD 25 %
Left.PDS 23%
FDP 6%
Greens 3%
Other 5% (DVU 1%)