Mixed CSU result: What was not helpful from Söder's point of view

When the first forecasts appeared on the screens at the CSU headquarters on Sunday evening, the party was still within striking distance of 40 percent - and yet the mood among those who were actually ready to celebrate was subdued. The morning after the provisional official final result was announced, people were all the more sobered: 37.2 percent for the CSU in Bavaria - at the end of November, the "Bayerntrend" still put it at 44 percent.