Zkuq said:
Out of curiosity: do a lot of other people over there think this way? I'm asking, because here in Finland a lot of people think they're voting for the party, and a lot of people also think they're voting for the person. |
People always vote for both in Germany. First for the guy in your specific district and second for the party you wish to rule the parliament. You never vote for the chancellor or the president because frankly, their positions are meaningless as they're mostly backed by the party.
In my opinion every politician is an empty shell. People join parties because the parties have the same ideologies or convictions as them. Therefore voting for a person means voting for the party. The person will always act by the will of the party because if they didn't agree with them, they wouldn't be in that party.
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