The weekend SPD Party chief meeting concluded. The dynamic leadership decided upon a new path. And no, Olaf Scholz (the figured person for the Chancellor-lead position) didn't win. Fairly shocking conclusion.
So as the smoke clears....Orbert Walter-Borjans and Saskia Esken have been chosen to lead the party (figure a minimum of one year....maybe through all of 2021.
To lay this out....the SPD Party is the left-of-center party that used to get 30-to-35 percent of the vote (in the 1960s....even 45-percent). In recent elections....they've marginally topped 30-percent, and presently near 15-to-18 percent in polling. They were supposed to be the working man's party. They've obviously slipped in the past three years.
Party leadership has shifted around. Scholz was the former mayor of Hamburg, and figured to take this party job (presently, he's the Finance Minister of Germany in the coalition situation).
Walter-Borjans? He's not exactly a household name, and you had to attend party meetings to really know about the guy or hear his speeches. Esken? More or less the same for her....she's not exactly that well known.
A boost for 2021's national election? One might suggest doubts. If the voters don't buy into this....the obvious party to gain SPD voters is the Green Party. At this point, I might go and suggest that they are virtually guaranteed a minimum of 25-percent of the national vote. I might go and even predict that both Esken and Walter-Borjans will be dumped after the national election in the fall of 2021.
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