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The Graphic Truth: Germany's fading establishment parties

September 27, 2021
 Gabrielle Debinski
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 Gabriella Turrisi
Percentage of votes won by Germany's CDU/CSU and SPD parties in national elections (1953-2021)

Germany's conservative CDU/ CSU party and the center-left SPD have dominated German politics since the 1950s. For decades, they have vied for dominance and often served in a coalition together, and have been known as the "people's parties" – a reference to their perceived middle-of-the-road pragmatism and combined broad appeal to the majority of Germans. But that's all changing, as evidenced by the fact that both performed poorly in this week's election, shedding votes to the minority Greens and pro-business Free Democrats. We take a look at the CDU/CSU and SPD's respective electoral performance over the past 60 years.

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