Ms Maag, on her maiden campaign, gives herself an even chance of winning Stuttgart North, which the CDU lost narrowly to the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in 2005.

• 马格首次参加总统竞选，便有了五成的希望赢得北斯图加特选票。四年前，正是在这一选区，基民盟曾以微弱之差输给了社会民主党（简称社民党）。