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- Title
THE RACE FOR THIRD: Small Parties in the 2017 Bundestag Election.
- Authors
Patton, David F.
- Abstract
In 2017, the small parties achieved unprecedented success in the Bundestag election. This article examines their success, assessing both longterm and short-term factors. It analyzes each of the four main small parties in turn, and considers their recent performances, their goals, campaign strategies, and election results. Finally, it asks why the small parties' electoral gains have not led to greater executive power and concludes that it is because the expectations surrounding party system formation in Germany have not adequately adjusted to the fragmented and increasingly polarized system that has emerged.
- Subjects
GERMANY; POLITICAL parties; ELECTIONS; CAMPAIGN management; FREIE Demokratische Partei (Political party : Germany); GERMAN politics &; government, 1990-
- Publication
German Politics & Society, 2018, Vol 36, Issue 1, p52
- ISSN
1045-0300
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3167/gps.2018.360103