German federal election 2009

[Martim Silva]

Simple explanations from a simplistic mind.

The love of complex instruments is what created the Derivatives Market (and don't get me started on CFDs). I belive that often the simpler answers are best. As classifying those scams as such and jailing their proponents without giving them the chance to muddle the issue with their soft words.

[Admiral Yi]

The love of complex instruments is what created the Derivatives Market (and don't get me started on CFDs). I belive that often the simpler answers are best. As classifying those scams as such and jailing their proponents without giving them the chance to muddle the issue with their soft words.

Usually when people say scam they mean someone was lied to, cheated.

[Syt]

Overview from Austrian website derstandard.at:



Big map in the middle: results by state. Top right: results 2005. Right middle: movements of voters between parties.
Bottom: result by certain groups (from left to right: first time voters, workers, self employed, pensioners, unemployed)
Top left: Result 2009
Mid left: comparison west/east
Bottom left: results since 1949

[Syt]

Btw, I think the drop in voter turnout (77.7 => 70.8 percent) is quite significant.

[Valmy]

Btw, I think the drop in voter turnout (77.7 => 70.8 percent) is quite significant.

Disillusionment? 

Of course here in the USA we could only dream of someday having 70.8 % turnout.

[Syt]

Btw, I think the drop in voter turnout (77.7 => 70.8 percent) is quite significant.

Disillusionment? 

I'd think so. It's increasing feeling in Germany (and, for what it's worth in Austria), that politicians are aloft, disconnected from (and uninterested in) the common people. Kind of like an ivory tower of politics that's too abstract for the average Joe on the street to understand or care about. Which is why populist parties (both left and right) with more tangible goals or slogans in easily understandable language are attracting voters, even if they more often just say "what is wrong" than actually offer a solution.

[Jaron]

Btw, I think the drop in voter turnout (77.7 => 70.8 percent) is quite significant.

Disillusionment? 

Of course here in the USA we could only dream of someday having 70.8 % turnout.

We had a pretty close number in 2008.   Hell, even more of the dead came back to vote than usual.

[MadImmortalMan]

They still love their Stasi in the old East. That reminds me to add Goodbye Lenin to my Netflix queue.

[citizen k]

Simple explanations from a simplistic mind.

The love of complex instruments is what created the Derivatives Market (and don't get me started on CFDs). I belive that often the simpler answers are best. As classifying those scams as such and jailing their proponents without giving them the chance to muddle the issue with their soft words.

Here's a simple equation for you, socialism = slavery.

Isn't painting with broad strokes fun? 

[Admiral Yi]

We had a pretty close number in 2008.   Hell, even more of the dead came back to vote than usual.

ACORN ACORN ACORN

[Valmy]

They still love their Stasi in the old East. That reminds me to add Goodbye Lenin to my Netflix queue.

The CDU still won the East.  Just sayin.

[Sheilbh]

I'd think so. It's increasing feeling in Germany (and, for what it's worth in Austria), that politicians are aloft, disconnected from (and uninterested in) the common people. Kind of like an ivory tower of politics that's too abstract for the average Joe on the street to understand or care about. Which is why populist parties (both left and right) with more tangible goals or slogans in easily understandable language are attracting voters, even if they more often just say "what is wrong" than actually offer a solution.

This seems to be global

[Valmy]

This seems to be global

I am just surprised this is a new phenomena.

[Syt]

This seems to be global

Add on top a feeling that "the big parties are all the (corrupt, self serving) same" and "whatever I vote, nothing will change, anyways".

[Ed Anger]

Does anybody else get a little turned on too when they show a map of germany in black?