Here in Germany, we have this YouTuber/vlogger/influencer-guy by the the name of Rezo (actual name Yannick Frickenschmidt).
Rezo is a fairly smart clever guy....has a computer science background....and would surprise you with around 1.7-million Germans who follow him and his analysis.
Back in 2019, he got into the EU election campaign swing, and blasted the CDU Party. Journalists and politicians suddenly woke up and realized that this blue-hair geeky guy connected to a million-plus votes.
So, Rezo comes up this weekend. He's blasted the CDU Party once again.....mostly over incompetence (he even names the three characters in question).
Yeah, Laschet (the Chancellor candidate for the CDU) is one of the three.
Just the CDU that he dumped on? No, he dumped on the Greens as well.
Any of this mattering? Here's the thing, in a normal German election, there are around 46-million people voting. If you had a YouTube influencer stand up a month prior to the election and really blast away on some party 'promises' and candidates....triggering a 1-to-2 million vote 'swing'....you could see a drastic change in the outcome of an election.
The fact that Rizzo hasn't blasted the SPD or FDP? Yeah, that is noticeable.
Mostly the youth vote that he is influencing? Yeah, that is noticeable as well.
The chief problem of the CDU is that they don't have a counter-influencer behind their party strategy.
Just another odd part of the 2021 election here in Germany.
[1] is a German YouTuber, vlogger and influencer who in 2019 ignited a fiery political debate with his video "Die Zerstörung der CDU".[2] In it, he heavily criticized the then ruling grand coalition in Germany, especially the coalition leading party CDU.
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