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5 things to watch in Bavaria’s election – POLITICO
And as with most things bavarian, the highlight of the campaign season typically involves prodigious quantities of beer and pretzels. Not this year. For the first time in living memory, the CSU appears almost certain to fall below the 40 percent mark — and possibly well below it — in Sunday’s regional election, an outcome that would send political tremors from Munich to Berlin.
How do you get a German to vote? Give them free beer of course!
Ahead of last year’s European Parliament election, it offered a nonalcoholic beer to voters who turned in their ballots early — only to have very few people take that up. Although political parties have long plied supporters with beer on the campaign trail, the 2024 effort appeared to be the first time a major German city offered such a perk to voters.
Like or dislike: German electioneering on social media
Juicy bratwurst, free beer and energetic speeches: These traditional tools for mobilizing german voters have been largely missing from the federal election campaign due to the pandemic.
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Some rules
But of course there are some rules.The offer only applies between 10am and 2 pm, Saturday 15 February.
Voters are also offered non -alcoholic beer, soft drinks, snacks and bratwurst after leaving their vote.
Duisburg City Director Martin Murrack, says they have been brewing on the idea for a long time. And the “beer campaign”, or “bieraction” as it is called in German, should have captured the audience’s interest.
– The whole thing realy creates reactions and is discussed in circuits that you would usually have trouble reaching, he says.
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At the election in 2021, only 68 per cent of the population voted.Murrack hopes the percentage can increase.
For if the action draws in more than 100 or 150 people,Murrack will classify it as a success.
– There will be no shortage of beer, Murrack assures.
The beer campaign should of course also have received attention in german media.
“Cheers for democracy” should have written the German broadcaster MDR.
The German newspaper Bild calls the action a “beer booster”.
