Word: hlerinitiativen
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Perhaps the most striking feature of the campaign was the emergence of Wählerinitiativen (literally voter initiatives), tied to no specific issues and outside the regular party framework. Breaking with an old tradition of leaving politics to the politicians, tens of thousands of voters devoted their time and money to the campaign. A Citizens for Brandt movement branched out into 338 groups; they canvassed and passed out campaign materials-including one door plaque that read "God protect this house/ From Barzel and Franz Josef Strauss." Only in the last few weeks of the campaign did the Christian Democrats manage...
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