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    The Enduring Appeal of Angela Merkel

    The German chancellor secured a fourth term with 32.5 percent of the vote.
    by Yasmeen Serhan Sep 24, 2017 3 minutes
    Source: Fabrizio Bensch / Reuters

    Angela Merkel secured her fourth term as chancellor Sunday after German voters handed her center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU)—and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU)—the largest share of votes, a largely anticipated result marking the end of a race that several observers had written off as “boring.”

    They weren’t wrong. In the weeks leading up to the race, appeared to predict Merkel’s electoral victory as an all-but-foregone conclusion. According to , Merkel’s CDU/CSU received 32.5 percent of the vote, slightly lowerthan experts had predicted.

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