That was close! BSW gets 4.97% so fails to get into the Bundestag by just 0.03%
They’d have needed about 14000 more votes to have made it in
#BTW25
They’d have needed about 14000 more votes to have made it in
#BTW25
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But it does highlight to me a flaw in the system. This 5% barrier seems grossly unfair.
I guess to stop the weimar stereotype of a million one man parties?
6 months ago it looked like the Die Linke / Sahra Wagenknecht split had killed Die Linke
Now it looks like instead it might have heralded the end of Wagenknecht
I'm worried that climate & environmental issues will likely be off the table this term, and more so, that the union baddies will falter'n make the Zentrum-move to go with the browns.
Linke will have to be dilligent negotiating Schuldenbremse.
You could solve that with a long train ride, me with a couple cheap flights. Most were not so lucky.
It was irresponsible to set the date so early that the paperwork was not ready in time and it was pretty much impossible for many postal votes to travel both ways
But we are where we are.
Use the time until the next elections wisely.