German Federal Elections Update
The German Federal Elections 2017: 25th
September update
- As predicted, Angela Merkel is going to serve as
Germany’s chancellor for the fourth time in a row but the support for the
CDU/CSU block is the worst since 1949. She will also struggle to form a
majority government.The three biggest parties – Christian Democratic
Union, Christian Social Union and the
Social Democrats all recorded significant drops in support ( CDU/CSU noted an
8.5 percent fall compared to 2013 and SPD a 5.2 percent fall).
- Smaller parties on the other hand have noted a
growth of support. Particularly the controversial AfD (7.9 percent compared to
2013)
- The SPD has already announced it is not going to
participate in another Grand Coalition which means that only the CDU/CSU, the
FDP and the Greens have the possibility of forming a majority government
- We already know something about the gender
profile among voters – the Union found more support among female voters, the
Greens also received more female than male votes. At the same time, the AfD was
much stronger among male voters.