German Federal Election 22 September 2013

[Ed Anger]

Whoever has the biggest file at the NSA.

[Syt]

The only one I recognize is #4.

[CountDeMoney]

Other.  Burkhalter-Hochstetter 2016.

[Zanza]

Party allegiance from top to bottom

Alternative für Deutschland - anti-EU/Euro party
FDP - lobbyist party
Freie Wähler - uh, "independents", not really sure what their positions are
Grüne - nanny staters with an ecological bent
Linke - commies
Piraten - anarchists
SPD - boring mainstream party
Netzwerk - small local party against an important infrastructure project in the region
CDU - boring mainstream party

[Ed Anger]

Other.  Burkhalter-Hochstetter 2016.

Party platform:

1 Surround Germany with a ring of steel
2 Marry Gertrude to Klink
3 figure out the Gonkulator

[Sheilbh]

Guy #4 looks like a 1970s British man.

So I say vote for him.

I thought he looked like Bradley Wiggin, so a 1970s British man. Vote for him.

Interesting summary on Germany's voting in that link. I sometimes would favor a Parliamentary system for the US but that would seem to not work well with our State/Federal system. But I'd like to see more parties, more variety, less domination by either of the two main parties.

Germany's got a very federal system I think.