Exit poll results for key elections in Saarland, Thuringia and Saxony, showing Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives had suffered strong setbacks surfaced on the microblogging site around 90 minutes before officially due.
Berlin — German politicians warned Monday democracy had been damaged after exit polls for state elections were leaked on Twitter before voting ended, the second time results have recently appeared prematurely.
Exit poll results for key elections in Saarland, Thuringia and Saxony, showing Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives had suffered strong setbacks surfaced on the microblogging site around 90 minutes before officially due.
The deputy parliamentary head of Merkel’s Christian Union bloc, Wolfgang Bosbach, said the leaking of the results “damaged democracy.”
This is a common policy, which is put in place for democracy-promoting reasons.
We have similar rules in the US.
It’s trivial, because it is obvious, to comment that the violation of this policy is democracy-harming.
#21 Bob
I think John is right. Its about the political parties losing CONTROL during the election. This doest affect Democracy as much as it affects how elections are stage managed.