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<blockquote data-quote="mindlight" data-source="post: 76197594" data-attributes="member: 21246"><p>My objection to Baerbock is not a personal one, it is that her party has naive goals that would bankrupt Germany and jeopardize its security.</p><p></p><p>The ballot system in Germany allows for a split vote. So for example I trust Olaf Scholz as a candidate for Chancellor but could not vote for his party that are speaking in terms of cutting defense spending.</p><p></p><p>You get two votes in the election. Erste und Zweite Stimme. The first is for a person in the Bundestag to represent your constituency and the second is for a party. I will probably vote CDU for the party and if the SPD candidate has the same instincts as Scholz on defense and foreign policy for the Bundestag for the SPD for the personal candidate. The Bundestag will elect the actual chancellor. I am hoping for a CDU coalition with Olaf Scholz as Chancellor.</p><p></p><p>The reason for the split in my vote is that Scholz has more conservative instincts than his party and is a better potential candidate on defense and foreign policy. Also, the CDU lacks social compassion and is weak on the environment this time around, and has perhaps been in the driving seat too long for its own good. Germany is a very unequal place and there does need to be a higher level of social concern than the CDU gives right now. Also, I am more in favor of immigration than most people in the CDU. That said I trust the CDU more generally to keep a broadly conservative social framework in place in Germany and on the economy e.g. lower debt, keep the economy moving. So neither party really works for me but the compromise of a Coalition would with Schultz in charge. It is a shame I cannot vote for Scholz directly. Also, I need to examine the declarations of the local SPD candidate to make sure he is on the Scholz train rather than the left-wing of his party. As you can see the system is quite complicated and leads to very local decisions to try and achieve favorable national results.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mindlight, post: 76197594, member: 21246"] My objection to Baerbock is not a personal one, it is that her party has naive goals that would bankrupt Germany and jeopardize its security. The ballot system in Germany allows for a split vote. So for example I trust Olaf Scholz as a candidate for Chancellor but could not vote for his party that are speaking in terms of cutting defense spending. You get two votes in the election. Erste und Zweite Stimme. The first is for a person in the Bundestag to represent your constituency and the second is for a party. I will probably vote CDU for the party and if the SPD candidate has the same instincts as Scholz on defense and foreign policy for the Bundestag for the SPD for the personal candidate. The Bundestag will elect the actual chancellor. I am hoping for a CDU coalition with Olaf Scholz as Chancellor. The reason for the split in my vote is that Scholz has more conservative instincts than his party and is a better potential candidate on defense and foreign policy. Also, the CDU lacks social compassion and is weak on the environment this time around, and has perhaps been in the driving seat too long for its own good. Germany is a very unequal place and there does need to be a higher level of social concern than the CDU gives right now. Also, I am more in favor of immigration than most people in the CDU. That said I trust the CDU more generally to keep a broadly conservative social framework in place in Germany and on the economy e.g. lower debt, keep the economy moving. So neither party really works for me but the compromise of a Coalition would with Schultz in charge. It is a shame I cannot vote for Scholz directly. Also, I need to examine the declarations of the local SPD candidate to make sure he is on the Scholz train rather than the left-wing of his party. As you can see the system is quite complicated and leads to very local decisions to try and achieve favorable national results. [/QUOTE]
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