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The Federal Returning Officer announced that until 14.00, 41.9 % of all eligible voters have cast their ballots. This is slightly less than in 2002, when 42.8 % did so until 14.00. In 2002, total voter turnout was 79.1 %.

by Saturday (geckes(at)gmx.net) on Sun Sep 18th, 2005 at 10:00:39 AM EST

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I was surprised, when I read that as well, but the articles in Sueddeutsche and Spiegel both give areas were voter turnout seems to be higher and were it is lower - so Bavaria lower, but Munich higher.

Therefore, an area that is traditionally voting for CSU has a lower turn out and an area that is tradtionally voting SPD has a higher turnout.

that still might lead to a lower overall figure.

of course, all this is fantasy land...

by PeWi on Sun Sep 18th, 2005 at 10:05:06 AM EST
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but since the proportional seats are allocated based on percentages within landen, a higher turnout in SPD regions would not, necessarily, be rewarded with more seats, even if it pushes up the SPD percentage nationally (and vice-versa for CDU-CSU), right?

by desmoulins (gsb6@lycos.com) on Sun Sep 18th, 2005 at 10:25:07 AM EST
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While voting is still in progress, Saturday how about a party?

Futura bold
If I still lived in Berlin, I would probably go.

on the other hand, they can't even spell, so I mightn'd have gone.

"und den WahlverliereRn beim Schuld zuschieben zusehen"

Tztztztz

by PeWi on Sun Sep 18th, 2005 at 10:14:43 AM EST

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I thought about going to the PDS/Left-party 'cause I know some people there. But on the other hand: here, I have internet and I can choose out of a dozen channels reporting about the elections.

by Saturday (geckes(at)gmx.net) on Sun Sep 18th, 2005 at 10:26:07 AM EST
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Politicians get a two hour head start according to heise and will be informed about the result of the Exit polls in advance.

but if it remains this close... remembering 2002 Stoiber was called Kanzler bei the ARD, so they might not trust them that much...

by PeWi on Sun Sep 18th, 2005 at 10:22:46 AM EST

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yep. And from four o'clock on, news spreads quite quickly. But no one is allowed to air any information before 18.00.

I'm hoping to catch some infos before 18.00. Will post them ASAP.

by Saturday (geckes(at)gmx.net) on Sun Sep 18th, 2005 at 10:28:14 AM EST
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Front page thread open now for your convenience. Let's move all comments over there. can you crosspost the most interesting links already provided? Thanks.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (jeromeguillet@yahoo.fr) on Sun Sep 18th, 2005 at 10:30:13 AM EST

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ok boss (-:

by PeWi on Sun Sep 18th, 2005 at 10:34:28 AM EST
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