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According to the link below, "The results gave the Greens
24.2% and their Social Democrat allies 23.1%, with Mrs Merkel's
party on 39% and its Free Democrat (FDP) allies on 5.3%." Thus, the
Greens + Social Democrats got 47.3% (not 57.3%), with the Greens the
senior partner by 1.1 percentage points vs. 44.3% for the Christian
Democratic Union + FDP. The Greens still appear set to lead the
government in the German state of Baden-Wuerttemberg, but that's not
certain. Other parties control 8.6% of the vote. If the CDU+FDP
coalition can capture 6 of the 8.6 percentage points of other
parties, they will continue to govern. The Greens + Social
Democrats need 2.8 of the 8.6 to actually form the next government.
I assume that it will be easier for the Greens to get 2.8% than it
will be for the CDU to get 6%, but that's not certain; if the
latter were likely, I think the election results would likely have
been written differently. (The Greens were also set to gain in
elections in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, but I have not seen
any results yet.) <br>
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Spencer <br>
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On 3/28/2011 10:35 AM, Caroline Yacoub wrote:
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Subject: Greens win BIG, very BIG in So.Germany!
In the state of Baden-Wurttemberg in Southern Germany (home to 11M people) the
Greens got enough votes to become the lead party in a potential coalition with
the Social Democrats (SDP). The Greens and SDP combined received 57.3% of the
votes and the Greens got 1% more votes than the SDP, an amazing result!
This is what can happen when states adopt proportional representation.
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12876083">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12876083</a>
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