This Sunday night (29th), RTL TV (commercial German TV network) will present the top three Chancellor candidates (Laschet-CDU, Baerbock-Greens and Scholz-SPD). Live situation.
Somewhere between this point and the 26th of September, I expect one more 3-some meeting....at public TV (either ARD or ZDF).
Some people think this Sunday night meeting will shift a number of folks around.....this might be the point where the Greens lose another two points, and that Laschet drops below the 20-percent point.
The fact that the FDP, AfD, and Linke Party aren't in the mix? Yeah, you could say that this isn't a fair situation.
RTL possibly getting more viewership? Well....I'm not going to say that it helps much. You might get more youthful viewers in watching this episode (starts at 8:15 PM).
The key thing is whether RTL allows regular people explain a problem/mess, and allow them to ask a direct question to the three. If this is a part of the show.....I might suggest none of the three fare well in this format. Would they go the US-format and have questions already handed out? No.....that's probably not going to happen, and it'll be a more difficult debate to walk into.
I would add that RTL allowed Baerbock a moment in the past two weeks....to step in front of a small audience group and answer their questions. She did a marginal job in that situation, and probably lost a point over the next polling period.
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