German Political Party Preference for 2013 Elections

[Leftbehind]

I'm convinced we done one of these German polls a couple of months back, but can't for the life of me find it. Anyone remember it, or am I cracking up?

[TJ in Oregon]

CDU. According to that quiz (taking these on Google Translate is fun ), I came up somewhere between CDU and AfD, but considering AfD is currently an afterthought party, clearly CDU. I've generally assumed I would be toward the Eurosceptic end of things but if I actually lived there, who knows.

[greenforest32]

The new JulioMadrid supports Die Linke. The old one (the one who died in May-June) would have voted for SPD. The less-old one (July) would have been a Green supporter. Now, I lean Linke but Greens and SPD are still a possibility if Die Linke keeps saying that they will not support SPD in any case. All I want is Merkel out of the Government.

If your number one priority is to get Merkel out of office, Die Linke probably shouldn't be your first voting choice...

@voting for a Grand Coalition

Left and Green are your only options if that is your aim. A vote for the SPD is a vote for Merkel.

Are the pirates like the SPD in that sense too? I don't know much about their positions on economic issues.

I'm convinced we done one of these German polls a couple of months back, but can't for the life of me find it. Anyone remember it, or am I cracking up?

Yeah, I remember it too. I believe this is the thread: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=175808.0

[Leftbehind]

Thanks!

[DC Al Fine]

Took the quiz and was equidistant between CDU & AfD. I'd vote CDU for reasons TJ already described.

[traininthedistance]

The new JulioMadrid supports Die Linke. The old one (the one who died in May-June) would have voted for SPD. The less-old one (July) would have been a Green supporter. Now, I lean Linke but Greens and SPD are still a possibility if Die Linke keeps saying that they will not support SPD in any case. All I want is Merkel out of the Government.

If your number one priority is to get Merkel out of office, Die Linke probably shouldn't be your first voting choice...

@voting for a Grand Coalition

Left and Green are your only options if that is your aim. A vote for the SPD is a vote for Merkel.

Considering the status that Die Linke has within German politics (that is, on the wrong side of a cordon sanitaire)... wouldn't a vote for them also be a vote for Merkel?

[H. Ross Peron]

[1] FDP
[2] CDU/CSU
[3] SPD

[4] Pirate


[5] Green

[6] Linke



[7] NPD

[minionofmidas]

The new JulioMadrid supports Die Linke. The old one (the one who died in May-June) would have voted for SPD. The less-old one (July) would have been a Green supporter. Now, I lean Linke but Greens and SPD are still a possibility if Die Linke keeps saying that they will not support SPD in any case. All I want is Merkel out of the Government.

If your number one priority is to get Merkel out of office, Die Linke probably shouldn't be your first voting choice...

@voting for a Grand Coalition

Left and Green are your only options if that is your aim. A vote for the SPD is a vote for Merkel.

Considering the status that Die Linke has within German politics (that is, on the wrong side of a cordon sanitaire)... wouldn't a vote for them also be a vote for Merkel?

Not if we get a majority to the Left of the SPD.

[nolesfan2011]

if we can get 2 more votes (even 50) I will do some coalition calculations

[traininthedistance]

The new JulioMadrid supports Die Linke. The old one (the one who died in May-June) would have voted for SPD. The less-old one (July) would have been a Green supporter. Now, I lean Linke but Greens and SPD are still a possibility if Die Linke keeps saying that they will not support SPD in any case. All I want is Merkel out of the Government.

If your number one priority is to get Merkel out of office, Die Linke probably shouldn't be your first voting choice...

@voting for a Grand Coalition

Left and Green are your only options if that is your aim. A vote for the SPD is a vote for Merkel.

Considering the status that Die Linke has within German politics (that is, on the wrong side of a cordon sanitaire)... wouldn't a vote for them also be a vote for Merkel?

Not if we get a majority to the Left of the SPD.

Right then.  My impression is that even the Greens don't want anything to do with Die Linke, so, um, good luck with that.

[minionofmidas]

The problem is exacerbated at the federal level because of the Left's lack of support for Mssrs Bush & Obama's wars and Germany's NATO membership, of course. So joining a federal goverment would, at current, be realistically impossible / create a minor international crisis.
But apart from that and at the state level... once the Hartz IV / Rente mit 67 culprits have retired from the SPD leadership there won't be much of a problem left. Much to the CDU's chagrin.

[freefair]

1) FDP
2) CD/SU
3) AfD
4) Greens/All90
5) SPD
6) Pirates
7) Linke
NPD

[H. Ross Peron]

The SPD's getting clobbered

[minionofmidas]

Deservedly.

[MyRescueKittehRocks]

1.FDP
2.AFD
3. CDU

[nolesfan2011]

Coalition % calculations as promised.

Straight conservative coalition of CDU/CSU+FDP= 38.5%

Traditional left coalition of Greens+SPD=28.9%

A straight left coalition of Greens+SPD+Linke= 46.2%

A grand left coalition of Greens+SPD+Linke+Pirates=55.8%

A grand conservative leaning coalition of CDU/CSU+FDP+AFD=44.3%

Another CDU/CSU+FDP+SPD coalition=44.3%

Far left coalition of Greens+Linke=40.4%

Greens+Linke+Pirates=50%

I think that covers all possible coalitions, if you ask me the left would be wise to just all work together in the grand coalition.

AFD is unpredictable sort of ie being right/left wing.. Pirates may specifically want to be in the opposition rather than in a coalition idelogically, and the whole Linke communist ties thing is still a wild card.

If anyone knows of a site where I can make map with MP seat calculations I can do that as well. If anyone wants to do the math on this seats wise feel free..  

[minionofmidas]

The size of parliament would be quite unpredictable in this scenario.

AFD is unpredictable sort of ie being right/left wing..

No. No sheet of paper could fit between their and REPs' traditional or current poster style. Or, well, every far right list's of recent German history's except the NPD's, whose campaigning style is very different.

[Lief 🗽]

Pirates, I guess. Five major parties and they're all basically horrible.