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I am more than delighted that my paper "German gays go green? Voting behaviour of lesbians, gays, and bisexuals in the 2021 German federal election” has now been published in Electoral Studies @ElectoralStdies. #LGB #LGBTQ #GermanPolitics @QueerSeminar
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While it has been argued that LGB individuals vote for parties of the political left as they represent most of the core values that are meaningful to LGBs, we were mainly relying on assumptions that it is the case. This paper now provides some more evidence.
First, data from Aug 2021 show that - similar to studies from the US, UK & Canada - an affinity of LGB individuals for left-wing parties also exists in Germany. The German Greens & Left in particular disproportionately benefit. CDU/CSU & SPD are underrepresented. What mechanisms 
