I thought the left side was the states for a second
Data source: Bundeswahlleiterin (2025), Wikipedia (earlier elections); between election dates the lines move linearly to approximate change in sentiment without abrupt movements
Tool: Excel
Classification of the legend is based on the origin of the party (e.g. SPD was originally a Socialist/Marxist party but is much more centrist now, Linke is the successor party to the SED (East Germany), AfD started as a normal conservative party before moving towards the far right). So please don’t argue about it too much, like “Linke is not really communist” or “CDU is not really Christian” – these are just very crude labels and it’s hard to find a label that would cover the whole history of a party back to its founding date.
Huh, what happened there….ohhh…right.
I like the idea behind the graph.
I don’t like the colours to much, as I think some are quite similarly but the party’s belong to other groups. Maybe some layer or skins could make the the difference more obvious? I know it’s hard especially with so many variations. My boss always states that one should be able to interpret each graph even if you have no color plot. As it ist not always feasible, and nowadays not necessary anymore, I like the idea behind it.
Further I personally don’t like the stacked graphics to much, so it would be better if you at least make some horizontal lines to know in what kind of percentage each color is represented. Or so.
it’s interesting to see that the combined support of left-of-center parties has been more or less stable since 1960s (with a minor bump around 2000). it has just splintered away from spd more
The interesting thing this shows is that the fash parties gain power by mostly stealing votes from the other right-wingers.
Take note: Non-fash right-wing parties: Don’t use fash rhetoric, or they’ll just steal your votes.
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I thought the left side was the states for a second
Data source: Bundeswahlleiterin (2025), Wikipedia (earlier elections); between election dates the lines move linearly to approximate change in sentiment without abrupt movements
Tool: Excel
Classification of the legend is based on the origin of the party (e.g. SPD was originally a Socialist/Marxist party but is much more centrist now, Linke is the successor party to the SED (East Germany), AfD started as a normal conservative party before moving towards the far right). So please don’t argue about it too much, like “Linke is not really communist” or “CDU is not really Christian” – these are just very crude labels and it’s hard to find a label that would cover the whole history of a party back to its founding date.
Huh, what happened there….ohhh…right.
I like the idea behind the graph.
I don’t like the colours to much, as I think some are quite similarly but the party’s belong to other groups. Maybe some layer or skins could make the the difference more obvious? I know it’s hard especially with so many variations. My boss always states that one should be able to interpret each graph even if you have no color plot. As it ist not always feasible, and nowadays not necessary anymore, I like the idea behind it.
Further I personally don’t like the stacked graphics to much, so it would be better if you at least make some horizontal lines to know in what kind of percentage each color is represented. Or so.
it’s interesting to see that the combined support of left-of-center parties has been more or less stable since 1960s (with a minor bump around 2000). it has just splintered away from spd more
The interesting thing this shows is that the fash parties gain power by mostly stealing votes from the other right-wingers.
Take note: Non-fash right-wing parties: Don’t use fash rhetoric, or they’ll just steal your votes.
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