There's been a Linke Party meeting, with the chief folks put in charge of the September election campaign business. So if you browse around (public TV and commercial news)....the chief comment made is that the Linke Party has finally begun to lose voters.
The hype? It leads back to a party that cannot really attract voters, and it's agenda program looks an awful lot like the SPD or Green Party agenda.
National polling? Seven to eight percent. In a couple of eastern states, they might trend toward 20-percent, but in western states.....it's fairly dismal.
Through a merger in 2007 (combining WASG and PDS parties)....the Linke came about and saw some great success in the first five years (hitting 12-percent in national voting at one point).
In 2013, the luck ran out.....8-percent came that year in the national election.
In 2017, the luck marginally fell back into play with 9-percent. What you can say is that they created a theme that centered on urbanized areas in western Germany.
In 2020, there was a fair amount of hope that the Greens would have the numbers to win the election, and some left-left-left government would fall into place (with the Linke folks getting a ministry position or two). Presently? Pretty good odds that this won't occur.
Going away? No....but I'd say that their brand and theme both need a rebuilding process, and the national 'heads' who speak for the party.....probably aren't doing that great of a job.
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