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Hamburger right to vote in the state election 2011: All the votes for Olaf Scholz

In the Hamburg part of the "forward", party newspaper of the SPD, the "Hamburger course there is a remarkable and surprising recommendation: the voters of the SPD list could lead to the state election give its five votes overall, but also all the five votes Spitzendkandidaten Olaf Scholz No. 1 on the state list of the SPD. Absolutely everything right. But the consequences are thought through, or is it both forward a conspiracy against the state list the SPD?

Why is the proposal of the party newspaper politically sensitive?

The answer:

If many voters every five votes Olaf Scholz in person, then are these voices, in fact, the SPD as to good, than if they had given their votes to the national list, Only the individual voting results by Olaf Scholz is improved. Only that? Of course not:

The increase recommended by the forward for Olaf Scholz votes cast in person, the number of candidates by number of personal votes in parliament come from and at the same time reduce the number of those who move in after the order of the state list to parliament.

For example

The SPD receives 1.8 million votes received on the state list, of which only 600 000 is for the column state list of the SPD, but 1200 000 votes as a personal vote for individual candidates on including the state list for Olaf Scholz. Let's say, alone on Olaf Scholz No. 1 on the list had 600 000 votes omitted.

Suppose the same time, the SPD stood after deduction of direct gewählten Wahlkreiskandidaten noch weitere 21 Bewerber von der Landesliste zu.

In diesem Beispiel ziehen die Kandidaten der Plätze 1 bis 7 direkt gemäß der Reihenfolge der Landesliste ins Parlament ein. Man könnte sagen nur sieben, denn 14 Kandidaten werden nach der Anzahl der auf sie persönlich entfallenden Stimmen ins Parlament kommen. Olaf Scholz persönliche 600 000 Stimmen bewirken also, dass sich die Zahl der nach Stimmenanzahl gewählten Bewerber um sieben erhöht, also verdoppelt.

Aus der Sicht der Wähler ist es keine falsche Entscheidung, wenn sie einfach Olaf Scholz persönlich wählen wollen, aber Olaf Scholz is in any case to Parliament. If they were so put other candidates on the list, like the parliament, in which approximately between sites 15 and 40 of the state list, it would be natural to choose this rational and not Olaf Scholz.