Other parties' saldo with CDU:

SPD: -1000
Grüne: 0
Linke: 1000
FDP: 1000
Others: 1000
Non-voters: 8000

Other parties' saldo with SPD:

CDU: 1000
Grüne: 4000
Linke: 6000
FDP: 1000
Others: 0
Non-voters: 6000

Gains by the Left Party:

SPD: 6000
CDU: 1000
Grüne: 3000
FDP: 0
Others: 5000
Non-voters: 2000 (despite reduced participation!)

But the Bremen elections will have interesting repercussions. The logic of democracy and the logic of power demand that the social-democrats form a coalition with the greens in Bremen. But if they do, they set a clear signal that the days of the grand coalition in Berlin may be numbered. And if they stick with the christian democrats in Bremen in order to avoid sending that signal, the green and the linke will only continue to swell. Pressure, pressure, pressure.

If you can't convince them, confuse them. (Harry S. Truman)

social justice 32%
economic policy 30%
job market policy 22%
education 20%

No wonder with news like this:

Unterschicht hat nichts vom Aufschwung (=Lower class gets nothing of the upswing)

Eine wachsende Unterschicht bleibt nach Ansicht des Jenaer Sozialwissenschaftlers Roland Merten vor allem im Osten vom derzeitigen wirtschaftlichen Aufschwung ausgenommen. «Vom Aufschwung profitieren nur die Begüterten und Qualifizierten, nicht aber die schlechter Qualifizierten und Empfänger von Arbeitslosengeld II», sagte der Sozialpädagoge von der Universität Jena. «Um das Ausmaß der Misere zu begreifen, muss man sich deutlich machen, dass das so genannte abgehängte Prekariat in den alten Ländern vier Prozent, in den neuen aber ein Viertel der Bevölkerung umfasst.»

(A social scientist says that only the privileged and people with good qualifications profit from the upswing, but not the less qualified or receivers of the lower ('reformed') jobless benefit; the left-behind are 4% in Western and 25% in Eastern Germany.)

_{*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

There is also the thing people surmised to explain the 25-34-year vote in France: the neolib FDP got most votes in that age group (8%, vs. 5-6% in other age groups). Meanwhile, the Left Party seems to have a clear '68er domination: 13% of the 45-59 old group, vs. 6% of older and 8-9% of younger voters. Sadly, the far-right has a clear young voter domination (6% for the youngest and 1% for the oldest), though I suspect the poll is not reliable here (older far-righters may refuse to reply or lie more often).

_{*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.}