Germans have been asked to hit the taverns to show support for their favorite political candidate. The “Vote with Your Throat” poll asks Germans to vote for their preferred Chancellor by ordering beer from their candidates tap.
The "Waehle mit der Kehle" poll allows beer drinkers at the Bundespressestrand to choose between the "Schroeder tap", which is painted in the SPD colour red, or the "Merkel tap", painted in Merkel's CDU banner colour of black.
Exactly 1,319 litres of the Schroeder beer were purchased in the first two weeks of the race, according to a digital measuring device at the beach-style bar across the River Spree from the Reichstag building, compared to Merkel's 1,202 litres.
Of course it goes without saying that beer polling is not reflective of the official polls; it only shows which party is actually a party.
Sophomania
San Francisco, CA
August 2005
AUG 27, 2005 11:43 AM