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Seniors mainly vote for the CDU, the Left, the SPD or not at all

2021-10-27T08:32:16.078Z


In the federal elections in September in Saxony, senior citizens in particular voted for the CDU, the Left and the SPD. Nationwide, all three parties had the most first and second votes from people over the age of 70, said the State Statistical Office. AfD and FDP recruited their voters mainly from 45 to 60 year olds, while the main electorate of the Greens is made up of people between 25 and 60 years of age.


In the federal elections in September in Saxony, senior citizens in particular voted for the CDU, the Left and the SPD.

Nationwide, all three parties had the most first and second votes from people over the age of 70, said the State Statistical Office.

AfD and FDP recruited their voters mainly from 45 to 60 year olds, while the main electorate of the Greens is made up of people between 25 and 60 years of age.

Dresden / Kamenz - There are also a particularly large number of non-voters among the senior citizens.

Almost a third (30 percent) of people over the age of 70 decided, according to the information on Wednesday, not to cast their vote at all.

The invalid votes also come mainly from this age group.

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Overall, the elderly in Saxony made up the largest age group in the past federal elections: Around every fourth person entitled to vote (25.6 percent) was over 70 years old.

The State Statistical Office was able to evaluate a sample of the votes cast nationwide with specially marked ballot papers.

dpa

Source: merkur

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