The Effect of age and Pocket On Voting In Aging Germany!

Germany's electorate is aging and is shrinking. What will this mean for the German parliament in the post-Angela Merkel era? Germany has about 60 million voters to vote on 26 September. Compared to the last general election held four years ago, this number has come down by about 1.3 million and more than half of the voters are also above 50 years of age. The change is part of a wider demographic change in Germany, with more deaths than births continuing to occur in the country. Although migration has helped stabilize Germany's population, many of those migrants are not able to vote. As a result, Germany's voter base is aging and shrinking. An aging voter base As the number of older people in the population increases, the generational balance of power in elections also changes. 

In the 1987 national election in West Germany, 23 percent of voters were under the age of thirty and 26 percent of voters were under the age of sixty. For the 2021 elections, the federal returning officer expects the number of voters under the age of 30 to drop to just 15 percent and above the age of 60 to 38 percent. This change has affected the Baby Boomers, that is, the generation born after World War II who are in their sixties today. And this trend will continue as German citizens born later have fewer children. In addition, the tendency to vote among older voters has been higher. For the 2021 elections, the federal returning officer expects the number of voters under the age of 30 to drop to just 15 percent and above the age of 60 to 38 percent. 

This change has affected the Baby Boomers, that is, the generation born after World War II who are in their sixties today. And this trend will continue as German citizens born later have fewer children. In addition, the tendency to vote among older voters has been higher. For the 2021 elections, the federal returning officer expects the number of voters under the age of 30 to drop to just 15 percent and above the age of 60 to 38 percent. This change has affected the Baby Boomers, that is, the generation born after World War II who are in their sixties today. And this trend will continue as German citizens born later have fewer children. In addition, the tendency to vote among older voters has been higher.

In the last general election held in the year 2017, 76 percent of the voters above the age of 70 had taken part in the vote and 81 percent of the voters were around the age of 60. Meanwhile, only 67 percent of the voters in the age group of 21 to 24 took part in the voting. There is also a difference in the voting habits of elderly and young voters. "Older voters are more likely to have long-term party affiliations than younger voters. This tendency often develops in the earlier stages of life," says Nico Ziegl, managing director of the Berlin-based Infratest Dimap polling institute in a conversation with DW.

Older voters in Germany tend to vote for Germany's historically large parties, such as the Christian Democrats or the Social Democrats, and are much less likely to change their allegiance.East-West split Despite more than thirty years of German unification, There are still differences of opinion on how German voters vote in the East and West. Most of their support for the centre-right Christian Democratic Union and its ally, the Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU), the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD), the pro-free market Free Democrats (FDP) and the Green Party, comes from the western part of the country. Get. Most of the support for the Communist Left Party and the far-right party AFD comes from the eastern side. 

It is the less densely populated area of ​​the formerly communist German Democratic Republic, where only 12.25 million out of the country's total of 83.2 million live. The support of political parties is most affected by the level of income. The centre-left Social Democrats (SPD), the pro-free market Free Democrats (FDP) and the Green Party get most of their support from the western part of the country. Most of the support for the Communist Left Party and the far-right party AFD comes from the eastern side. It is the less densely populated area of ​​the formerly communist German Democratic Republic, where only 12.25 million out of the country's total of 83.2 million live. The support of political parties is most affected by the level of income. The centre-left Social Democrats (SPD), the pro-free market Free Democrats (FDP) and the Green Party get most of their support from the western part of the country. Most of the support for the Communist Left Party and the far-right party AFD comes from the eastern side. 

It is the less densely populated area of ​​the formerly communist German Democratic Republic, where only 12.25 million out of the country's total of 83.2 million live. The support of political parties is most affected by the level of income. It is the less densely populated area of ​​the formerly communist German Democratic Republic, where only 12.25 million out of the country's total of 83.2 million live. The support of political parties is most affected by the level of income. It is the less densely populated area of ​​the formerly communist German Democratic Republic, where only 12.25 million out of the country's total of 83.2 million live. The support of political parties is most affected by the level of income.

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