When the ARD announced the first forecast for the Hamburg election in 2020, there was suddenly loud cheers in the TV studio - although there was no audience at all.
- In the Hamburg elections , the SPD won well ahead of the Greens on Sunday.
- The CDU, FDP and AfD, on the other hand, suffered losses.
- The FDP and AfD even have to worry about becoming citizens.
- Because of the latter party, there was a clear reaction when the first forecast was announced in the ARD studio .
Hamburg - WDR program director Jörg Schönenborn read the first forecast * punctually a few seconds after 6:00 p.m. for the ARD special broadcast on the citizens' election in Hamburg . According to the first figures from Infratest Dimap, the Social Democrats took 37.5 percent ahead of the Greens , which according to the first forecast reached 25.5 percent . A clear victory for the red-green coalition in Hamburg and the social democratic mayor Peter Tschentscher * - even if his party lost 8.1 percentage points compared to 2015.
ARD journalist reads forecast for Hamburg election 2020 - suddenly there is loud cheers
In the sober tone typical of an election program, the journalist also announced the forecasts for the CDU (11.5 percent), the Left (9.0 percent) and the FDP (5.0 percent). The CDU in particular emerged as the big loser of the election, losing 4.4 percentage points compared to the last general election.
But when Schönenborn arrived at the forecast for the AfD , an unusual scene occurred that is not known from the ARD studio: The journalist read out: "We currently see the AfD at 4.7 percent ..." and suddenly there was loud cheers and applause in the live studio . Schönenborn continued professionally: "It looks like she is falling out of a state parliament for the first time, but with caution." Particularly unusual about the jubilation: There was no audience in the ARD studio, but Jörg Schönenborn's sat around ARD colleagues on the screens. Who cheered right here initially remained unclear to the audience.
ARD journalists cheered loudly when the first forecast for the AfD was announced.
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Cheers on election program for the Hamburg election 2020: ARD employees send a clear signal
The voters also set a surprisingly clear signal by punishing the AfD, CDU and FDP, who attributed their poor performance to the Thuringian crisis * among other things. The AfD, which has recently been successful in all federal states, must now fear that it will remain in the citizenship - as will the FDP.
Hamburg election 2020: Twitter users react to cheers in the ARD studio
The cheers in the ARD studio also went unnoticed by some Twitter users . As expected, opinions on user reaction differ. While some users question the neutrality of the ARD editorial team with comments such as "Very neutral, thank you @tagesschau ...", others express their consent to the reaction of the ARD employees. "Rightly! And I think it's great! ”Wrote one user, for example.
And the audience applauds in the studio ✊ #NazisWeg #HamburgWahl pic.twitter.com/kOL2VXZql5
- Fips (@FipsBook) February 23, 2020Cheers in the ARD studio at Hamburg election 2020: "Nazis out!" - Call at election parties by the SPD and the Greens
Even with the electoral parties of SPD and the Greens one was pleased obviously not only about their own electoral success, but also the fact that the AFD for a place has to fear the parliament. “Nazis out!” - calls were heard loudly in the background at the election parties of both parties.
Proud. This is how you deal with Nazis, dear @fdp & @ CDU. # NazisRaus #HamburgWahl pic.twitter.com/BmOVwyhIX2
- Jannes Schulz (@SchulzJannes) February 23, 2020You can read all the important events relating to the Hamburg 2020 election in our live ticker *.
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* Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network
