Austrian legislative election, 2017

[Tender Branson]

Currently undecided between the Social Democrats (SPÖ) and the liberal NEOS (60% vs. 40%).

Probably throwing a dice before the election ...

Voted for SPÖ in this poll, for now ...

[TheSaint250]

I'd go for:

1. Team Stronach
2. ÖVP or FPÖ
3. NEÖS

[🦀🎂🦀🎂]

Currently undecided between the Social Democrats (SPÖ) and the liberal NEOS (60% vs. 40%).

Probably throwing a dice before the election ...

Voted for SPÖ in this poll, for now ...

I swear you've flipped between every single party Tender.

Kern seems dependable, even if he is on the right of his party. The OVP leader seems like a budding autocrat in training, the FPO is the FPO, NEOS are too liberal for me and the Greens probably too wooly. Tbh if the KPOs front group had a chance of passing the theshold, I'd be tempted to vote for them to add a little political diversity.

[DavidB.]

FPÖ.

[nicholas.slaydon]

SPÖ

[Tender Branson]

Currently undecided between the Social Democrats (SPÖ) and the liberal NEOS (60% vs. 40%).

Probably throwing a dice before the election ...

Voted for SPÖ in this poll, for now ...

I swear you've flipped between every single party Tender.

That's not entirely correct:

Since I turned 18 (the voting age was lowered to 16 later on), I have voted for a lot of different parties on the EU/federal/state and local level.

I have voted for SPÖ, ÖVP, Greens, Anders and Independents.

I have never voted for FPÖ, BZÖ and Team Stronach so far and never intend to do so.

That leaves NEOS and the Communists, for which I have never voted so far but who remain as options. Voting Communist only makes some sense in Graz.

NEOS seems like a good centrist option in this election and because they face extinction by a strong Kurz-result, even more so.

[Kingpoleon]

1. NEOS
2. ÖVP - Kurz's wing
3. SPÖ - Kern's wing
4. Greens
5. Reformers

[Santander]

FPÖ.

[Tender Branson]

I'd go for:

1. Team Stronach
2. ÖVP
3. NEOS or FPÖ

Why would you vote for the FDP in Germany and only rank NEOS as your 3rd choice in Austria ?

NEOS is the Austrian counterpart of the FDP. If Austria were a German state, FDP = NEOS on the ballot.

[parochial boy]

Why would anyone of a liveral/centrist bent favour OVP over SPO this time round?

[Antonio the Sixth]

KPÖ because f**k it.

[Tender Branson]

KPÖ because f**k it.

Why would you vote for the Communists here if you voted for Hamon and PS in France ?

The SPÖ as a party is virtually like the PS, but Kern brings a slight Macron-ish touch to it ...

[Antonio the Sixth]

KPÖ because f**k it.

Why would you vote for the Communists here if you voted for Hamon and PS in France ?

The SPÖ as a party is virtually like the PS, but Kern brings a slight Macron-ish touch to it ...

You answered your own question.

[MAINEiac4434]

KPÖ because f**k it.

I must admit from what I've read about the KPÖ they seem quite appealing. Too bad they stand literally no chance of doing anything.

[Tender Branson]

KPÖ because f**k it.

I must admit from what I've read about the KPÖ they seem quite appealing. Too bad they stand literally no chance of doing anything.

That's mostly because outside Vienna, Graz and the other big cities there is virtually no "housing crisis", with people facing evictions etc.

People in the rural parts of Austria are actually well-off, having houses on their own or if they have apartments are not at risk of losing them. If you bike through most of western rural Austrian towns, you will see that houses and surroundings are very tidy. Some FPÖ-voting towns around here have very orderly, upper-middle class homes.

Not anything like the rural decay in other countries (West Virginia etc.) - and the rural population here is simply conservative and pro-Austrian, even the rural SPÖ-voting folk (many of them ended up voting for Hofer over VdB). So, no need to vote for the KPÖ outside the very large cities ...

[TheSaint250]

I'd go for:

1. Team Stronach
2. ÖVP
3. NEOS or FPÖ

Why would you vote for the FDP in Germany and only rank NEOS as your 3rd choice in Austria ?

NEOS is the Austrian counterpart of the FDP. If Austria were a German state, FDP = NEOS on the ballot.

I'm a little weird internationally sometimes.

I prefer Team Stronach since it seems to be pro-electoral reform and a lot like other liberal parties + Euroscepticism (please correct me if I'm wrong). I like ÖVP over CDU/CSU mainly since Kurz seems to be a little better than Merkel. Lindner in Germany is taking a more reasonable approach imo on some issues that Merkel isn't. While I consider myself a European liberal, I lean on the right, so I like Kurz. Tbh, I don't know much about NEÖS except that it is a European liberal party.

[DavidB.]

Team Stronach is basically dead, nobody's going to vote for them or their successor.

Why do you support electoral reform in Austria?

[mvd10]

ÖVP. Kurz even beats flawless beautiful Leo Varadkar (my current #1).

[TheSaint250]

Team Stronach is basically dead, nobody's going to vote for them or their successor.

I can still dream

Why do you support electoral reform in Austria?

Only in small areas, like the primary elections that TS supports. I think that can be a good idea.

[Tender Branson]

Yeah, as DavidB said ...

Supporting a party that will have problems breaking the 0.5% in October is very bizarre.

[TheSaint250]

Yeah, as DavidB said ...

Supporting a party that will have problems breaking the 0.5% in October is very bizarre.

I guess that's more of a "vote your own conscience" vote. We don't get too many options here to vote for someone who is exactly the same as us

[SNJ1985]

FPÖ.

[GoTfan]

Greens. Van der Bellen will need a sizable majority.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

SPÖ

All center-left, all the time! CRUSH ALL OTHER IDEOLOGIES.

[Tender Branson]

Greens. Van der Bellen will need a sizable majority.

VdB doesn't need anything.

Austria ≠ USA

Austria ≠ France