Posted on Sep 26, 2021
Exit Polls Show An Extremely Close Race In German Election To Succeed Angela Merkel
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Early exit polls from Germany show an extremely close race between the center-left Social Democratic Party and the center-right Christian Democratic Union, in an election that will decide the next chancellor of the country after 16 years of Angela Merkel in office.
Merkel's Christian Democratic Union and its partner, the Christian Social Union, have 25% of the vote, placing them in a tie with the Social Democratic Party. Following behind is the Greens with 15%.
Further updates in the numbers are expected as the tallying continues Sunday in Germany.
Polls opened at 8 a.m. local time and closed at 6 p.m. There may be more delays than usual in counting ballots this year due to the pandemic and the number of voters who participated in mail-in voting, analysts say.
The latest polling leading up to election day showed the Social Democratic Party narrowly ahead of Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union partnership. The Greens and the far-right Alternative for Germany party, were following behind, as was the Free Democratic Party, which is more libertarian.
Early exit polls from Germany show an extremely close race between the center-left Social Democratic Party and the center-right Christian Democratic Union, in an election that will decide the next chancellor of the country after 16 years of Angela Merkel in office.
Merkel's Christian Democratic Union and its partner, the Christian Social Union, have 25% of the vote, placing them in a tie with the Social Democratic Party. Following behind is the Greens with 15%.
Further updates in the numbers are expected as the tallying continues Sunday in Germany.
Polls opened at 8 a.m. local time and closed at 6 p.m. There may be more delays than usual in counting ballots this year due to the pandemic and the number of voters who participated in mail-in voting, analysts say.
The latest polling leading up to election day showed the Social Democratic Party narrowly ahead of Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union partnership. The Greens and the far-right Alternative for Germany party, were following behind, as was the Free Democratic Party, which is more libertarian.
Exit Polls Show An Extremely Close Race In German Election To Succeed Angela Merkel
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Coalitions between parties and more parties probably what we need in the US. The good news is that far right can't hold their own even in Germany.
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That is very good news. Although the coalition options look to be odd ones once again. The latest exit poll i saw shows that a coalition between SDP, Greens, and Die Linke wouldn't make a majority. It may need to be another SDP/CDU coalition.
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