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The Republican southern strategy would not have worked anywhere near as well if America had PR rather than winner takes all.  On the other hand as I noted in my earlier comment, non-whites make up a tiny part of the German voting population.  If non-whites were the over twenty percent of all voters that they are here, it would do strange things to German politics.
by MarekNYC on Fri Sep 16th, 2005 at 03:35:17 PM EST
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very well for the CDU in the past. A xenophobic campaign against dual citizenship was how they dislodged the SPD in the state of Hessia in 1999, just months after Schroeder took office. It was a ridiculous ploy, since the issue had very little to do with the state elections - but it worked.

If you can't convince them, confuse them. (Harry S. Truman)
by brainwave on Fri Sep 16th, 2005 at 04:02:52 PM EST
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Good point, hadn't thought of that. From the post below it does seem it can have some local effect.
by Upstate NY on Fri Sep 16th, 2005 at 04:49:01 PM EST
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