tommy1808 wrote:KLDC10 wrote:Interesting how the polls vary.
Don't they always? I stick to ARD deutschlandtrend and politikbarometer, since they use consistent methology over long periods of time.Namely that, if the CSU were to break away from the Union and contest elections throughout Germany as an entirely independent party, they would end up with 22% of the vote, making them the second-largest party in the country after the CDU.
Nah, but understandable misread, in that case the CDU would get 22 and the CSU 18, at least if you took that out of your The Welt link.
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Thomas
You're quite correct - that's my mistake. The text reads "wenn die größere Schwesterpartei auch in Bayern wählbar wäre", which of course refers to the CDU. The CSU would indeed be at 18%. German is not my first language evidently , but it is thoroughly enjoyable to learn. The problem of course is that you can't quite "skim-read" an article in between work tasks as you might be able to in your native language. That will teach me to attempt a summary of German sources in a ten-minute break!
Still, 18% is quite high, and together the CDU and CSU would garner 40% of the vote. In fact, although the two parties have been reluctant to change the nature of their partnership, it might benefit the Union overall if the CSU were allowed to compete in other states.