The conservative CDU led by Friedrich Merz won Germany's 2025 election. Here's a look at the wins and losses, seats in parliament, voter demographics and possible coalition outcomes.
www.dw.com
Interesting breakdowns here. The Left (Linke) did immensely well basically taking Green and SPD voters. I actually commend their campaign and they had a pragmatic message rather than the aggressive threatening they normally do. Much less feral this time. People are clearly crying out for social help. Just everyday people extremely worried about slipping away.
Interesting to note voters under 44 overwhelmingly voted for AFD while The Linke got solid votes for 34 and under. The former are clearly sick of the traditional parties paying lip service to the drastic decrease in security in public. Too many young people are tired of being harassed, threatened and smothered by groups of foreign men in the country on dodgy pretences or being served deportation notices and allowed to roam the streets. Every German city and station has become a lawless hellhole with politicians undermining and ignoring police president concerns.
The latter have their social concerns and are livid that the new German minimum wage, which didn't exist a few years ago, has become an anchor on pay and also weighs down on professional salaries too. Changing jobs is the obvious way to start earning more but money is scarce with a lot of economic uncertainty and companies complaining they can't find anyone at their pittance rates.
The traditional parties have done solidly with the older cohort 'I've always voted for them'. These people are in utter denial about how shit the SPD is with Scholz as a lame duck but the opportunity to resurge now is there. Alas, many party leaders have stepped down today and the potential replacements at the head of the SPD and FDP are absolutely laughable.