In Thuringia, once part of East Germany, the Left Party could outpoll the others, winning for the first time the chance to name a state premier (though the SPD and the Greens will not accept this).
He was the only third-party candidate ever to outpoll a major party nominee, and he staged a comeback in which only death could keep him from another term in the White House.
曾属于东德的图林根有能力胜出
其党
命州长的机会（虽然那这个结果社民党和绿党无法接受）。
的第三党候选
有
亡才能阻止他在白宫连任的卷土重来。
