Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Political Chatter

 I sat and looked through a German Twitter discussion....how various Germans are trending toward the AfD Party....to send a message toward the other parties/Bundestag.

The general fear by opposition parties is that AfD is presently at 19-percent, and some people think that they might reach 25-to-30 percent over the remaining months (fall of 2025) for the next federal election.

The opinion of some people?  Positions taken over the gender debate, heat-pumps, refugees, the economy?  It's providing some anger and frustration....which leads to people saying that you need to 'send' a message.

If the AfD were to get 30-to-35 percent of the vote (to win)?  No one would partner with them, but it'd create a number two 'winner' who has to partner with weaker parties, and possibly send even more people in 2029's election....over to the AfD (yeah, kinda like that 1932 election where people felt sending a message meant a vote for a certain party was the right thing to do.

Screwed-up?  It's amazing that people grasp this 'push' going on, and their reaction is to discuss the idea of sending a message.  

In recent weeks, the head of the CDU (right-of-center) spoke up and said every time that the Green Party does something really stupid.....it sends another ten voters over to the AfD.

It's an odd thing to look over and wonder how you halt a trend to make people happy.

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