Germany's election battlegrounds - swings, strongholds and shocks
Across Germany, the campaigning is over for Sunday’s election. It’s not just a single national contest: Germans cast two votes, the first for one of 299 directly elected members of the Bundestag from their local district, and the second for a party.
24.09.2017
(Bloomberg) Across Germany, the campaigning is over for Sunday’s election. It’s not just a single national contest: Germans cast two votes, the first for one of 299 directly elected members of the Bundestag from their local district, and the second for a party.
So where can Chancellor Angela Merkel be sure of the most support? Where might the populist Alternative for Germany hope to make inroads? Here are some of the places to watch.