It takes a very close look at the results of the recent elections in the German state of North-Rhine-Westphalia to find among the list of “Others” the tally for “The Greys”: they got 0.1% of the vote. In other words, one in a thousand voted for them, although they claimed to speak for that state’s retired and elderly people – over 30% of the population.
要想找到“灰党”的得票状况，就必须在德国北莱茵－威斯特法伦州计票清单的“其它政党”一栏中仔细搜寻：他们获得了总票数的0.1%。换句话说，尽管他们自称代表了占该州总人口数30%的退休老人的利益，却只赢得了千分之一的选票。老年人的“年代意识”和“阶级意识”不同，显然并非政治偏好的决定因素。给“绿党”投票的老人要比给“自己”政党投票的老人多得多。