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Dundorf 5730: Voters To Choose President and Bundestag Simultaneously
August 5730

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Dundorfians will go to the polls in two months, and they'll choose both the President and the Bundestag at the same time.

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Dunburg - This October Dundorfians will be called once again to the polls to elect a Federal President, as the first five year term of Gertrude Von Koepf comes to an end, and to elect a new Bundestag, as the four year term concludes. It's the first time in decades that the Presidential and Legislative elections are held at the same time, usually the Presidential election is held in the first part of the year and the legislative election is held in October. This year, the Bundeswahlkomission (Federal Electoral Commission) decided to hold a single election day in October to obtain 'significant' savings.

While the campaigns for the Legislative elections are just starting, the Presidential race is in full swing: a two three horse race between incumbent Social-Democratic President Gertrude Von Koepf, challenged to her left by DRF's Carolina Roth and to her right by TLD's Friedrich Von Schirach, who ran against Mrs. Von Koepf five years ago. The President is running with the support of her party, DSDP, and the Green Party. She held negotiations with DRF to build a single united front of the left, but that project ended when Carolina Roth announced her candidacy. On the other side of the political spectrum, Mr. Von Schirach is running with united support: NDZP and KBP have both endorsed TLD's candidacy. 

A big absent in this Presidential election is the Pirate Party: the Pirates are currently in an internal crisis and turmoil following Dr. Engel's resignation as leader following the disappointing results of the 5726 elections, and are dropping fast in polls. A recent poll suggests the Pirates are currently sitting at 5% in Legislative vote intentions, which is a decrease of about 4 points compared to 5726 and is barely enough to get into Bundestag. The party did not offer an endorsement to any of the candidates and instead instructed its members to 'vote according to individual conscience'.

The Zeitung sponsored a poll, realized by StatDun, to assess the status of the Presidential race two months before the election: