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Do state elections also say something about federal politics? This question is often tend to be denied. People know who and what it is about when they throw the ballot in the urn. Nevertheless, there are interactions: A popular party leader or a strong party leader in the federal government can mean “tailwind” for a state election. Or vice versa: If a party is struck by federal politics, this can have a negative impact on other elections. In this year’s Vienna election, too, it was a common choice of election to want to send a signal to the federal government “.
