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Apart from the headline issues, Limburg may be swayed by a deep feeling that much recent change has been for the worse. Its citizens feel ignored by Bonn and worry about their loss of community identity and the departure of their children to the big cities. "The youth won't have anything to do with the church," says Mayor Kohlmaier, "and this could mean a different electorate in a few years." For now, however, a number of Christian Democratic voters seem to be loyal to the party just because of the word Christian in its title.
If the citizens of Limburg vote the way they have in the past, they will give the Christian Democrats a small majority in November. "I see more of the same," Mayor Kohlmaier said. "Neither party will get a clear majority. There will have to be another coalition, and it will be tight again. And we may have to have another election soon. Like Weimar."