berlin 12 years power chancellor angela merkel present germany mutti campaign cyberspace get young voters win support long elections month merkel whose nickname mean mummy appear cruise toward fourth term strong back old germans 63-year-old unlike western leaders personal twitter account want mobilize almost million first-time voters behind conservative cdu party sept. 24. end merkel field question four youtube video bloggers attend europe big computer game convention set walk-in campaign center berlin hip start-up district diana kinnert 26-year-old help draft proposals modernize cdu say party use new communication tool make young people put sterile politics politically engage long term would shame turn election noise kinnert wear tattoo baseball cap tell reuters walk-in center cdu unlikely win overall parliamentary majority need youth vote strengthen merkel hand coalition negotiations follow poll day bemusement party create twitter hashtag fedidwgugl rather result malfunction computer keyboard acronym cdu campaign slogan fuer ein deutschland dem wir gut und gern leben germany live well gladly berlin walk-in center theme room bring cdu manifesto life call fedidwgugl house britain young people turn droves june vote opposition labour party strip rule conservatives majority show youth twist fate governments even less numerous german society rapidly age old people still dominate country agenda twice many eligible voters age 60 30. cdu secure high share youth vote 2013 support remain skew toward pensioners last election two-fifths backers age 60 5.4 percent 25. kinnert post instagram wear t-shirt read keep calm vote angie say merkel never stop learn future-orientated despite lengthy tenure one merkel top priorities digitization german industry facebook instagram account make efforts show social media even sometimes come across clunky ask favorite emoji youtube interview merkel say smiley things good even one little heart joke merkel main challenger social democrat leader martin schulz shy away cyberspace either week grill youtube topics legalize cannabis animal welfare roll broadband internet cdu mock cause confusion fedidwgugl hashtag media attention draw eyeball cdu agenda efforts campaign new media also play well old voters want best children grandchildren say stefan marschall duesseldorf heinrich heine university merkel chancellor first-time voters recall help cdu portray anchor stability turbulent era donald trump brexit opinion poll forsa june find 57 percent 18 21-year-olds back merkel compare 53 percent wide population 21 percent young support schulz forsa manage director manfred guellner say young germans become conservative peer countries young people pragmatic worry pension hashtag politics merkel try get germany 's kid