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Every year is an election year.

Here’s a look at the state races we’re keeping an eye on in 2025.

Many talking about AfD’s campaign tactics on TikTok as the only driving force are overlooking direct voter contact events they have engaged with, normally a strength of the left, and whose tactics SPD and the left are leaving behind in campaigns in favour of high visibility rallies.🧵#GermanyVotes

How is TikTok shaping the future of German politics? 📊 With the AfD leading young voters and other parties scrambling to catch up, TikTok is the new battleground. See latest TikTok stats for Germany’s parties ahead of #btw25 #GermanyVotes”

TikTok played a major role in making the far-right AfD the most popular party among 18-24-year-olds in Germany. According to pollster @infratestdimap
the AfD is lead this age group by a large margin. Many political analysts pointing to TikTok’s influence as a key factor. #GermanyVotes #btw25

TikTok played a major role in making the far-right AfD the most popular party among 18-24-year-olds in Germany. According to pollster @infratestdimap the AfD is leading this age group by a large margin. Many analysts pointing to TikTok’s influence as a key factor. #GermanyVotes #btw25

Germany, INSA poll:

CDU/CSU-EPP: 31%
AfD-ESN: 20% (+0.5)
SPD-S&D: 17% (+1)
GRÜNE-G/EFA: 12% (-0.5)
BSW-NI: 7% (-1)
FDP-RE: 4% (-1)
LINKE-LEFT: 3%

+/- vs. 20-23 December 2024

Fieldwork: 23-27 December 2024
Sample size: 1,002

➤ europeelects.eu/germany

#btw25 #Bundestag #wahlen

1️⃣ Campaigns 🇩🇪 are focus more on party than candidates (except for Chancellor hopefuls) and more on manifestos, policies, and ideology. The campaigns feature no personal story on candidates and instead on more subdued policy discussion compared to US and UK. 🧵 #GermanyVotes #Elections #btw25

What do campaigns in Germany look like? How do they compare to the US or UK? Here is a 🧵

Germany’s election is scheduled in February next year. Here’s a thread 🧵 on the parties, political environment and political system.

Germany’s electoral system.

They use a mixed member proportional representation. There are two votes.

1️⃣ First vote: Elects a local candidate in single-member districts (299 seats, first-past-the-post).

2️⃣ Second vote: Determines a party’s share of seats in parliament.

The goal is to ensure… 🧵

#GermanyVotes every 4 years to elect members of the Bundestag. Germany uses a mixed member proportional representation system. Turnout in 2021 was approximately 72%

Chancellor Scholz and the SPD face a tough fight to stay in power, trailing the CDU/CSU and locked in a tight race with the far-right AfD. Low approval ratings add to the challenge.

More: www.politico.eu/europe-poll-...