Scholz’s Social Democrats ahead of far right in German state election, exit polls signal

https://www.politico.eu/article/scholzs-social-democrats-ahead-of-far-right-in-german-state-election-exit-polls-signal/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter

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  1. The logic behind “Hey, we just lost a local election, indicating that we’re not currently popular, let’s hold a snap election” never made a lot of sense to me. It seems like “we just lost a local election, let’s hold off on any national votes as long as possible to give the electorate time to change its mind” would be the more survival-oriented policy.