German state elections are normally placid affairs, with low turnout, limited media interest, and international press nowhere to be seen. But three recent votes, held on September 6 and 20 in the city-state of Berlin (population 3.9 million) and the two eastern states of Saxony-Anhalt and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (population 2.1 million and 1.6 million, respectively), have attracted attention around the world. And for good reason. Voters in three very different places turned out in historically high numbers to act on their deep frustration with national politics, with radical and potentially unworkable outcomes. Taken together, they may have lowered the curtain
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