<div dir="ltr">How can we help from outside Germany?<div><br></div><div>For European pirates it would be a good fire test.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2013/7/15 carlo von lynX <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lynX@pirate.my.buttharp.org" target="_blank">lynX@pirate.my.buttharp.org</a>></span><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><a href="http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/index.htm" target="_blank">http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/index.htm</a><br>
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It's only the first of big survey institutes measuring<br>
us at 4% instead of 2%. Statistical error? Or do we<br>
have a chance of repeating the 2011 miracle?<br>
<br>
In 2011 we put up our posters and a few days later we<br>
were at 4.5% in surveys in Berlin. 4% nationwide is a<br>
much harder goal. Journalists have been telling that<br>
Pirates are missing the NSA ballgame, but maybe our<br>
electorate is figuring out that it's them proclaiming<br>
so. Our websites are full of press releases and events<br>
on the topic.<br>
<br>
A change of direction may be coming our way, which, as<br>
we have felt, swiftly affects the entire movement on<br>
an international scale.<br>
<br>
There's an important strategic choice the Piratenpartei<br>
could make: Support its Bavarian campaign. Bavaria's<br>
vote is only ONE WEEK before the national one. If we<br>
manage to deliver a solid we're-not-dead-yet signal at<br>
those elections - even if it's just a 4% indicating we<br>
were pretty close to entering the Landtag in Munich -<br>
would put us back on the menu for many of those 10-13%<br>
of population who in a moment of euphoria told<br>
interviewers they could consider voting pirate.<br>
<br>
A day of campaign in Bavaria is worth THREE times as much<br>
as elsewhere: It convinces people to vote pirate on a<br>
regional, then on a national scale. Plus the results from<br>
Bavaria will convince further undecided folks to vote<br>
pirate on a national scale.<br>
<br>
So if by any chance you have some time to spend, consider<br>
a trip to Bavaria. I'm currently spending a couple of days<br>
with Pirates in Munich and they are wonderful folks, even<br>
if they know I'm from Berlin. ;-)<br>
<br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div>Dario Castañé</div><div>Pirates de Catalunya <a href="http://pirata.cat" target="_blank">http://pirata.cat</a></div>
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