Posted by Walter at Green Party Watch:
In the German city of Stuttgart, the Greens recently won the largest vote total. In a city with more than 500,000 people, that’s a considerable feat for The Greens. Another interesting thing about this is that the electorate in Stuttgart skews conservative and middle class. As the following report will show, many citizens of Stuttgart are socially liberal and and like the Greens for their forward thinking on issues like the environment, health, and people are saying that their fiscal policies make common sense.
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1 profstampede // Jul 28, 2009 at 3:14 pm
The Greens aren’t really a minor party in Germany, though. They hold 51 seats in the Bundestag. That makes them the smallest major party, behind the CDU/CSU, SDP, FDP, and Die Linke, but a major party nonetheless.
2 Dave Schwab // Aug 3, 2009 at 5:28 am
The Greens were a minor party in Germany until recently. Germany’s proportional representation voting system and generally fairer elections allowed the Greens to get a foothold and gain popularity among the general public.
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