Well, that sure cements my vote.

I would not buy soda just because a rich celebrity endorsed it, much less cast a vote for their candidate of choice.

.and what their own country once faced.
Wise words of caution from those who have been there.

Not Hillary!

Excuse me...



Of course, if Hillary remains the nominee, I'll hold my nose and vote for her.

The most important german parties:

The two biggest ones (polling 35-50% nationally):
* CDU - Christian Democratic Union - center-right, conservatives, most voters middle-class and upper-class; a little bit similar to US Democrats
* SPD - Sozial-Demokratische Partei Deutschlands - center-left, most voters middle-class and lower-class; a little bit similar to US Democrats

Smaller ones (polling 5-15% nationally):
* Die Grünen - center-left, protection of the environment, social issues, anti-war, most voters young and/or affluent; a little bit of a "default"-party, voted for by those who don't care that much about politics but want to do "the right thing"
* Die Linke - left, complicated origin-story: former communists and social-democrats wanted a new party to the left of the SPD, socialist, social issues, anti-war; German intelligence has parts of Die Linke under surveillance for violent leftist extremism counter to democracy and constitution of Germany.
* CSU - Christlich-Soziale Union - local party of Bavaria but influence on national level due to alliance with CDU, center-right, christian, conservative, social issues

Important, small parties just shy of the votes necessary to enter national parliament (<5%):
* FDP - Freie Demokratische Partei - libertarians, anti-regulation, anti-war; until recently an important party, they lost many voters when the became too arrogant in their political demands
* Piraten - liberal, progressive, main political demand is replacing parliamentarian democracy with a digitally mediated direct democracy
* AfD - Alternative für Deutschland - right, populist, nationalist, main political demand is the undoing of the Euro
* NPD - Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands - extreme right, populist; the NPD is known for close ties to violent rightwing extremism, the NPD is paralyzed by notorious infighting between power-hungry party-leaders, has also problems finding donors

NT

We understand your desire to live in a more conservative world, a more desirable world, if you will. In practice, this bigotry can lead you to a very ugly place. For more information on this subject, please see history.
Signed,
Germany