A significant number of German voters have not yet decided who to vote for in Sunday's upcoming election, making the outcome even more unpredictable.
A significant number of German voters have not yet decided who to vote for in Sunday's upcoming federal election.As many as 40% of voters are undecided as to how they will vote, according to a survey last week by the Allensbach Institute for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper.
The dilemma facing many voters comes as Chancellor Angela Merkel, who has been in office for 16 years, prepares to leave office. "The CDU tried to stage their campaign that Laschet was a natural successor of Merkel, but people just didn't buy this story because he's not Merkel, he's not like her. Many people who preferred Merkel were not necessarily supporters of her party ,so if you replace the leader of the party, many people might think: 'I might not vote for this party anymore'.
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