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Mainz (AP) - The poor performance of the CDU in the state elections in Rhineland-Palatinate, according to the Trier political scientist Uwe Jun, can also be traced back to federal politics.
"There was no tailwind from Berlin," said Jun of the German press agency in Mainz on Sunday.
The corona crisis management of the federal government led by the CDU was increasingly met with skepticism among voters.
“As a smaller factor”, the mask affair could also have played a role.
In addition, the top candidate Christian Baldauf had a hard time against the popular Prime Minister Malu Dreyer (SPD).
And: "Even in the last few years the CDU has not succeeded in creating a mood of change," said Jun. Satisfaction with the red-yellow-green state government was "relatively high".
"Taken all of this together, it was too much of a burden for the CDU to manage in the end."
Jun expected that the CDU would discuss in the medium term, "how one will go into the future in terms of personnel".
Now is not a good time, Baldauf warned against it.
“That would also be a risk that the CDU should not have again: It knows its way around quarreling after electoral defeats.
That would certainly be counterproductive, ”said Jun.
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On Sunday, the CDU probably got the worst result in a state election in Rhineland-Palatinate, which was founded 75 years ago.
After counting over 90 percent of the electoral districts, the party was 27.6 percent at 9:20 p.m., according to the state election officer, which is a good four percentage points less than the previous election.
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