Hello to all the wonderful Germans following this account 👋
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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
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I'm going by info here, is this not correct?
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@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.
Okay.... is this not correct?
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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
To use your German federal parliamentary election votes to maximize your influence on who gets into parliament:
First vote: Which candidate is likely to win in your particular local voting district? If you like that person, vote for her or him. If not, vote for the person with second best chance.
Second vote: Which parties have a reasonable chance to get into the next parliament? Choose among those.
Deviations from this send political signals, but influence outcome less.
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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
EDIT: You changed it. The current version is good.
Sorry, @FediTips , but your suggestion on what to do with your first vote is, I believe, the worst hint from you I've read thus far. With margin. (Which is to say I usually like what I read from you.)
A first vote for a party that has a tiny followership in your voting district and no reasonable chance to win that district is basically wasted, from an election-outcome point of view.
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EDIT: You changed it. The current version is good.
Sorry, @FediTips , but your suggestion on what to do with your first vote is, I believe, the worst hint from you I've read thus far. With margin. (Which is to say I usually like what I read from you.)
A first vote for a party that has a tiny followership in your voting district and no reasonable chance to win that district is basically wasted, from an election-outcome point of view.
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Hello to all the wonderful Germans following this account
Please, for the sake of humanity, use your vote today to stop the AfD.
Thanks to Germany's excellent proportional voting system, Germans have a wide range of parties to vote for and every vote counts towards the result. Voting for any party except the AfD will help to stop them by diluting their vote share.
If ever there was a time to vote, today is that day. This is your chance to make a difference.
EDIT: See voting tip in reply!
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services did my duty let's hope it helps
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@FediTips@social.growyourown.services did my duty let's hope it helps
Brilliant, well done!
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I've edited the tip by the way, sorry about that! Several others also clarified, thanks for the help!
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@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.
Just FYI I edited the tip thanks to feedback from you and several others. Thank you!
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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
@FediTips I already did. I knowe it will be bad tonight, the question is: how bad?
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@FediTips I already did. I knowe it will be bad tonight, the question is: how bad?
Well done for voting
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Hello to all the wonderful Germans following this account
Please, for the sake of humanity, use your vote today to stop the AfD.
Thanks to Germany's excellent proportional voting system, Germans have a wide range of parties to vote for and every vote counts towards the result. Voting for any party except the AfD will help to stop them by diluting their vote share.
If ever there was a time to vote, today is that day. This is your chance to make a difference.
EDIT: See voting tip in reply!
@FediTips Alas, "voting for ANY party except the AfD" won't stop "them by diluting their vote share". It's quite the opposite in case there is a high number of votes for the many parties that won't get passed the 5% threshold for their share won't matter when it comes to distributing seats in the parliament. Eventually, once the election is done, those votes are as good as haven't voted at all.
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@FediTips Alas, "voting for ANY party except the AfD" won't stop "them by diluting their vote share". It's quite the opposite in case there is a high number of votes for the many parties that won't get passed the 5% threshold for their share won't matter when it comes to distributing seats in the parliament. Eventually, once the election is done, those votes are as good as haven't voted at all.
I've had a lot of feedback from people about this today, that's why I added the voting tip in the reply:
https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/114053435332462030
Apparently the candidate vote can be for a very small party as long as the candidate is doing well in that district.
The party vote does need to be for a party likely to get over 5% to have a likely effect.
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Hello to all the wonderful Germans following this account
Please, for the sake of humanity, use your vote today to stop the AfD.
Thanks to Germany's excellent proportional voting system, Germans have a wide range of parties to vote for and every vote counts towards the result. Voting for any party except the AfD will help to stop them by diluting their vote share.
If ever there was a time to vote, today is that day. This is your chance to make a difference.
EDIT: See voting tip in reply!
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Fantastic that you voted!
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To use your German federal parliamentary election votes to maximize your influence on who gets into parliament:
First vote: Which candidate is likely to win in your particular local voting district? If you like that person, vote for her or him. If not, vote for the person with second best chance.
Second vote: Which parties have a reasonable chance to get into the next parliament? Choose among those.
Deviations from this send political signals, but influence outcome less.
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Hello to all the wonderful Germans following this account
Please, for the sake of humanity, use your vote today to stop the AfD.
Thanks to Germany's excellent proportional voting system, Germans have a wide range of parties to vote for and every vote counts towards the result. Voting for any party except the AfD will help to stop them by diluting their vote share.
If ever there was a time to vote, today is that day. This is your chance to make a difference.
EDIT: See voting tip in reply!
@FediTips
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Well done!
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Yup, excellent explanation, adjusted the post to reflect it.
️ excellent explanation, cannot be said any more concise.