It's the day before the German election, and Stefan Liebich,
a member of the Bundestag for the far-left Die Linke party, is standing on the sidewalk at a busy intersection,
smiling and shaking hands.
Liebich's casual arrangement seems fitting for someone running for, say, student council in the US, but he's actually just a few thousand
votes from losing his seat in parliament if Die Linke doesn't garner a large enough percentage in the upcoming election.