Olaf Scholz, top candidate for chancellor of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), looks on as he leaves a polling station in Potsdam, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021. On Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021 about 60.4 million people in the nation of 83 million are eligible to elect the new Bundestag, or lower house of parliament, which will elect the next head of government. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn), APTOPIX