Next Sunday (23rd) will be the city mayor election in Tubingen, B-W, Germany.
It's a bit of a unusual election. Boris Palmer (current mayor) was sort of kicked out of the Green Party in the past year. The party didn't like his positions on things, and felt he was 'beatable'.
Presently, around 23 candidates are listed for the election.....with only six being given 'odds'.
What's funny here? Boris Palmer is running as a non-party guy....in this election. The Green Party replacement guy? Right now....is polling around 15-percent. Boris Palmer? Polling around 53-percent. Giesel for the SPD? He is polling near 20-percent.
If Palmer wins (especially with 50-plus percent of the vote)? It says a lot about how locals feel about the guy, his blunt truth, and the positions he's taken....some Green Party related....some being conservative in nature.
The odd thing....I think in the Baden-Wurttemberg state.....Palmer could probably run a state election theme, and might be able to take one-third of the state votes....if he just had his own 'party'.
Green Party shaking their heads over this? I would imagine they are frustrated on how Palmer remains a public figure, and half the city wants the guy to remain as mayor.
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