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).
Even if some of these traits look right-wing or conservative, for example, deferring to authority, left-wing people will still have a group loyalty and deference to someone or something.
The former leftist insurgents remain deeply disliked by the electorate and analysts say the best the FARC can hope for is the council seat in areas that were once under their control.
The hypothesis we're testing is to see whether there is any significant difference in the shape or structure - the thickness of the grey matter covering the brain - between people who self-classify as either left or right wing.
The left-wing leader also announced the creation of a free trade zone in a vast area next to the border with the United States, where taxes will be lower and the minimum wage higher.
Parties on the left, including Pedro Sanchez's Socialists, prefer to take a more conciliatory approach to the pro-independence movement and the pro-independence government up in Catalonia.