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FDP in the Federal Republic of Germany state elections after 2013
Aleksandra Kruk
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The aim of the article is to discover the correlation between the Free Democratic Party’s (Freie Demokratische Partei) defeat in the Bundestag elections of 2013 and the results of the state parliament elections in eleven states of the Federal Republic of Germany since Oct. 2013 until 2016. The analysis of statistics shows that the defeat in the Bundestag election of 2013 had a negative impact on the election results of the party and deepened FDP’s support crisis. Furthermore, the research confirmed the thesis that the liberals are gaining more support in Western states than in Eastern ones. FDP’s support loss was influenced by the discouragement of voters towards economic liberalism and the migration crisis in Europe. The research shows that the liberals are endeavoring to overcome the leadership crisis in the party by paying more attention to the public image of the politicians active in their main and local structures.
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elections, Germany, Free Democratic PartyMost read articles by the same author(s)
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