Fedi.TipsFeb 23, 2025

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!

Show threadFedi.TipsFeb 23, 2025

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 👍

Show threadgumbario
@FediTips @[email protected] 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
Feb 23, 2025 at 1:40pmMona for iPhone
Show threadFedi.TipsFeb 23, 2025

@gumbario

Maybe @jssfr can advise on this? Any perspectives appreciated 🙏

Show threadBilliglarperFeb 23, 2025

@FediTips @gumbario @[email protected]

The electoral system was recently reformed slightly.

The secondary vote (Zweitstimme) is the important one, as it determines the number of seats a party gets in parliament. It also determines how much state money a party gets for campaigning.

The primary vote is a majority vote to determine which person represents your district in parliament. If party A's candidate wins, the candidate will simply get one of party As' seats, instead of someone from the party list.