East German swing voters wooed as election looms

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BERLIN, Aug 25 — Carolin Schmidt, a 22-year old student from the east German city of Chemnitz, plans to make a significant swing from left to right with her vote in next month’ s federal election.

Four years ago, she voted for a far-left grouping, the Left party, but intends to support the business-friendly Free Democrats (FDP) in the election on Sept. 27.

“I found I could most identify with the FDP’ s manifesto this year, but this could change in the future — I don’ t know how I would vote in four years time,” Schmidt said.

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