It got brought up via Focus today.....the SPD Party is having a discussion with the Linke Party....finding path to merge.
If you went down the top forty points of the SPD....there's probably 20 points where they could merge. The problem is....probably half of the SPD voters (the older crowd)...wouldn't be that thrilled.
Where both are in national polls? SPD around 14-percent....Linke folks around 11-to-12 percent.
Just a humble guess.....10-percent of SPD wouldn't support this idea. Not sure about the Linke voters.
Why make this move? I'd suspect that if you gathered up SPD voters who were 40 or older....most aren't really hyped-up for the party, and it's been trending that way since Merkel.
Younger voters from the left? They might see a reason to exit from Green Party numbers....maybe over a year or two....perhaps taking 25-percent of the Green vote.....getting the SPD/Linke 'creature' up to around 30-percent.
I'm not saying this is a done deal....just that some talks will take place.
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