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9/16/05

SBS - German election down to the wire

SBS

German election down to the wire

Support for German opposition leader Angela Merkel, widely tipped to become Germany�s first woman chancellor, has slipped just days before voters go to the ballot box on Sunday. But with polls showing one third of German voters undecided the race between Ms Merkel and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder will be a tight finish, or quite possibly a deadlock. This week a Forsa Institute survey showed that 51 per cent of German voters were not ready for new leaders, while 45 per cent said they would want the opposition Christian Democrats in power. Another poll by the independent Allensbach institute showed that more than 30 per cent had not decided which party they would vote for.

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