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[–] 8 points 2 months ago (1 child)

For context Germany (Merz) isnt a 2 Party-System. (sic)

Sure, that's true. Angela Merkel's approval rating, however, reached as high as 77%.

Imo this 5% barrier and ignoring 20% of votes is a problem.

I am also not a fan of the 5% threshold. If, as opinion polls now suggest could be a real possibility, the AfD manages to gain an absolute majority with less than 50% of the vote in Saxony-Anhalt, it will be more than a problem but a full-fledged constitutional crisis.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago

    Sure, that’s true. Angela Merkel’s approval rating, however, reached as high as 77%.

    that mostly is a question of how the question is being asked, like you could ask merz approve/disapprove, or does he do a good/bad job...

    but for merkel in regards to her doing a "good" job.... suprisingly many people thought that, see https://www.statista.com/chart/23144/merkel-opinion-polls-since-2005/

    and as far as i can tell, the "14%" number is voters from another party's approval rating of merz, see https://min.news/en/world/1507853cbdd8c108c09a91cd4c3a9850.html

    The support rate of the Union Party dropped to 27%, and the support rate of the Social Democratic Party dropped to 13%.

    which would make a lot more sense.

    but the fact remains, that merz is quite unpopular due to his political agenda, and him opening his mouth

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