Trust has been lost, Merkel admits after Bavaria election blow

[Saint Furrybutt]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/15/german-ruling-parties-angela-mekel-ride-out-bavaria-election-humiliation

Angela Merkel has admitted her government shares responsibility for Sunday’s disastrous regional election result in Bavaria, blaming it partly on an erosion of confidence in politics on a national level.

[MediocreSpine]

This is actually great news. The CSU (an even more conservative version of Merkel's party, the CDU) was riding hard on the far-right, anti-Merkel and anti-immigration train, trying to gain voters from the AfD. The only thing they managed though is to lose voters to the Greens by ignoring those who are more to the center of the political spectrum.

Also, an bvious note to the election: the worse the education, the more likely people voted for far-right parties.

[Sableye]

https://cdn.psychologytoday.com/sites/default/files/styles/image-article_inline_full/public/field_blog_entry_images/Dunning%20Kruger%20Chart.jpg?itok=BNNfmcfj

what you just said but with the less educated being more confident that everything has a simple solution and the more educated understand complex problems.

[Gorou]

The problem is people don't engage with politics anymore beyond whatever polarizing garbage they're fed through Facebook, TV and ads. Trust hasn't been lost, it was deliberately destroyed through social media to put a bunch of greedy, hateful cunts (and maybe Russian puppets) into power.

On a different note I went voting yesterday but throughout the last couple weeks I noticed a weird trend about how AfD ads were really high up on street lamps, presumably so people wouldn't tear them down like they do for pretty much everything else. Among the typical Merkel flaming and fearmongering about foreigners, I spotted a couple signs that said "Diesel ist super!", which I found kinda hilarious.

[Zupadupadude]

Maybe what I've seen is too limited, but the coverage of the results for this election felt refreshing. It seems like the idea that politicians have been talking too much about immigration instead of stuff like housing, healthcare etc has finally reached the press, thank christ.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DpfKVS5XoAEEYCG.jpg:large

Why CSU-voters voted differently this election:

73%: focused too much on refugees & neglected other issues.
63%: is constantly seeking quarrel.
54%: gave up on its Christian values.
50%: prevents Germany from being governed properly.

Here's a graph of where former CSU-voters this time went:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DpilCklXgAAA74j.jpg:large

The largest group of former CSU-voters was lost to old-age, apparently