A dedicated politician from Baden wants to become mayor. His idea to attract voters: A consultation hour. But unlike his colleagues, he is doing it in the virtual world of World of Warcraft.
Who is this man? The quirky idea came from mayoral candidate Jürgen Durke in Lahr, a large district town in the Schwarzwald in western Baden-Württemberg. He is competing against four other candidates to be elected as mayor.
Jürgen Durke is 43 years old, sits on the city council of Lahr, and is running as a candidate for the Animal Protection Party. By profession, he is an industrial designer.
This is how Durke campaigns for votes: Instead of campaigning with flyers, events, and house visits like his competitors, Durke has chosen a completely different location: The Moonwell in Auberdine. For Horde players: Auberdine is (or was) a village in Darkshore.
By the way, it refers to the Auberdine in WoW Classic, as Durke explicitly pointed out that the meeting takes place on the server “Lakeshire”, one of the new German servers. Durke himself traveled there with a character named “OBKandidat” to the night elf area.
Candidate collects votes in WoW
How did the consultation hour go? Unfortunately, we cannot say exactly how many potential voters actually gathered around Durke. According to report by the Badische Zeitung, the reporting editorial team lacked gamers who could or wanted to participate.
Due to the hype around WoW Classic, there are at least no shortage of potential interested parties who could have attended the consultation hour.
In the retail version, a meeting would have likely been difficult as well. For some time now, Darkshore has been a warfront in Battle for Azeroth.
At least Auberdine is still standing in WoW Classic and is quite easy to reach. Additionally, the area is not too crowded, unlike the starting areas of other races:
What do you think of the idea? Would you have visited Durke’s consultation hour?
