The governor of Burgenland, Hans Peter Doskozil, who will compete for the party presidency against federal party leader Pamela Rendi-Wagner in a membership survey within the SPÖ, announced on Thursday that he would set up as broad a team as possible and thus counter the “polarization of my person”. In the SPÖ, about 140,000 members will decide who should lead the party in the future.
It will take some time for his team to get up: “You will have to be patient,” Doskozil said at a press conference. The aim is for the team to “strike a curve across the different areas of social democracy” to ensure unity in the party.
Governor’s job “does not contradict itself”
When asked if he would remain governor if he became the leader of the federal party, Doskozil said, “In short, a position in the federal party does not contradict the position of a governor of a state.” There is still a way to go,” Doskozil said.
Strong minus in members
With 140,000, significantly fewer people will vote in the membership survey than in the last membership survey three years ago, which party leader Pamela Rendi-Wagner used to ask for confidence. At that time, there were 158,000 people, meaning that the party has since registered a sharp drop in membership.
It will be exciting to see how participation in the member survey between Rendi-Wagner and Hans-Peter Doskosil turns out. In 2020, the 42 percent reached then was considered so sensational that there were even doubts about the correct conduct of the survey, which were quickly dispelled.
The lion’s share of the Vienna SPÖ
The Vienna SPÖ probably has the largest number of members. You’re not sure. Because the city party does not disclose its membership numbers – for data protection reasons. Another important factor is Lower Austria with about 30,000 members. Burgenland, where a strong turnout can be expected, has 11,831 members. Vorarlberg, which is about the same size and has a much weaker SPÖ, has only about 1,100 members.
Questions still to be clarified include how long and in what form to vote. Three years ago, a month was set aside for voting, which could be done by post or electronically. The entire process up to the publication of the results took about three months, partly due to the corona.
Source: Krone
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