CDU presents Willo Göpel: The new bearer of hope for Potsdam!

CDU presents Willo Göpel: The new bearer of hope for Potsdam!

The political landscape in Potsdam is getting a breath of fresh air. On Thursday evening, the CDU sent the historian and construction expert Willo Göpel into the race as the new candidate for the mayoral election. This means that the party is sending its own man into the race, after it was long rumored that it could run without a direct candidate. Göpel sees the need for a middle-class alternative to the previous, predominantly politically left-wing candidates and would like to continue the line of the former mayors Platzeck and Jalobs. This makes people sit up and take notice and could mobilize voters in Potsdam.

Willo Göpel, born in 1963, has not only made a name for himself in journalism, where he was the state political department of the B.Z. for five years. but has also been running his own company for a decade, which develops innovative projects for residential, commercial and special properties. For Göpel it is clear that Potsdam must function again. His plan: to disclose the city's financial situation and implement important decisions. He is also actively involved in the Potsdam City Palace and the restoration of the city canal and is considered an expert in building culture.

Election campaign and political competition

The upcoming election campaign promises to be exciting because the political competition is strong. In addition to the CDU, the SPD is running with Severin Fischer as the expected candidate. There are also the Greens and Die Andere with the non-partisan candidate Noosha Aubel, as well as the AfD, which is leading Chaled-Uwe Said. The assembly meeting of the CDU Potsdam, at which Göpel will be officially confirmed, will take place on July 12th. The pressure on the CDU is noticeable, because the current election trends show that in the Potsdam city council meeting in 2024, the Left is the strongest faction with 19.4%, followed by the SPD with 14.7% and the CDU with 14.5%, whose share of voters has fallen by 4.3% compared to 2019.

If you look at the last election results, the CDU's challenge becomes even clearer. The Greens gained 4.2%, while the FDP even lost 9.4% of their votes. With the SPD and the Greens as main competitors, Göpel faces a smart political strategy to win back votes. The Left, the FDP and the Free Voters have not yet announced their candidacies, which makes the field even more dynamic.

Digital election reporting

To make it easier to understand the political developments in Potsdam, the election results are now also available in a detailed app (see also potsdam.de ). The final results, voter numbers and lists of elected candidates and replacements can be viewed here. This innovation promotes transparency and gives voters a tool to obtain comprehensive information about the political environment.

Overall, the signs point to an eventful election time in Potsdam. With Willo Göpel, the CDU has an experienced candidate on board who could bring a breath of fresh air into bourgeois politics. But the competition never sleeps and the electoral forces will be watching closely to see how events develop. Voters can be curious to see which political preponderance will prevail in the end.