Hello to all the wonderful Germans following this account 👋

[benzucker@maly.io]

@FediTips
CDU/CSU ain't much better but well, I did my part

[feditips@social.growyourown.services]

@benzucker

Well done!

[ayako@troet.cafe]

@FediTips Voted against the fascists!

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@Ayako

Yes! This is great!

[cyberhero@friendica.opensocial.space]

@FediTips
Done

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@cyberhero

Yaaaay! Fanastic, great to hear! 🥳

[feditips@social.growyourown.services]

p.s. Important voting tip from many contributors:

1. Use first vote to choose your favourite candidate from those likely to win in your particular voting district. It doesn't matter if their party is small nationally, the candidate can still get in if they are popular in your district.

2. Use second vote to choose your favourite from parties likely to get over 5% of the vote.

If you do both these things, it will make your vote most effective

[gelbphoenix@social.gelbphoenix.de]

@FediTips Already voted via mail.

[feditips@social.growyourown.services]

@gelbphoenix

Wondeful! Great to hear!

[gumbario@mastodon.social]

@FediTips @jssfr I disagree about the first vote. In my district only the candidate from the green party has at least a chance to win against the conservative. So it makes sense for me to vote for the green candidate to challenge the conservative. Even my usual vote goes to the left party

[feditips@social.growyourown.services]

@gumbario

Maybe @jssfr can advise on this? Any perspectives appreciated

[steinstory@literatur.social]

@FediTips Never before felt so negative towards voting. Did it anyway, of course. Now let's keep our fingers crossed that the result won't be too catastrophic. Will be with friends tonight to watch how it'll turn out.

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@steinstory

Well done on voting anyway

[historiavocis@norden.social]

@FediTips Voted right after breakfast. And you can bet your cups (*referring to a speech by CDU candidate Merz yesterday in which he stated that evereyone left of his party is nuts - German "hat nicht alle Tassen im Schrank" 'doesn't have all is cups in the cupboard') that I didn't vote for AfD!

[feditips@social.growyourown.services]

@historiavocis

Thank you for voting to stop the AfD!

[historiavocis@norden.social]

@FediTips Not only voting but also going to the streets as every logically thinking German should do in these times.
It's a pity that no plea to prohibit this party has gone to ballot, yet. I asked my parliamentary to do that and he tries...

[feditips@social.growyourown.services]

@historiavocis

Similar situation in many countries right now

Perhaps some people are incapable of seeing danger until it hurts them specifically?

[blueontour@mastodon.social]

@FediTips voted!

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@blueontour

Hurrah! Wonderful! Brilliant to hear 🥳

[johannes_lehmann@fediscience.org]

@FediTips @jssfr
That doesn’t seem correct.
The 1st vote is for the district representative - which is first-past-the-post and thus voting for a party that has a realistic chance of getting to the majority in the district is sensible - especially if it’s about preventing another party from gaining the seat. In some districts (such as mine) parties that have a small share of the national vote can still have a strong local footprint and there the 1st vote is a good way to support them - but that’s not true for most districts.

The 2nd vote is proportional, so there small parties will have as much a chance as those with a large vote share. Nonetheless the party still needs to cross the 5% threshold, so voting for a party polling at below 3% is not a great strategy if one would want to prevent the AfD from gaining seats.