Center-left party projected to win north German state vote

Christian Democratic Party supporters supporters check a mobile phone after the first exit polls of the state elections in Lower Saxony were published in Hannover, Germany, Sunday, Sunday Oct. 15, 2017. The center-left Social Democrats are projected to win a vote in Germany’s northern state of Lower Saxony. Initial projections by public broadcaster ARD put the Social Democrats of governor Stephan Weil ahead with 37.5 percent of the vote, ahead of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats with 35 percent. (Bernd Von Jutrczenka/dpa via AP)