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“Historic Success” for AfD in German Regional Elections

The populist anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany are now the biggest party in Thuringia and the second-largest in Saxony

They owe their success to young and working-class voters

“Historic Success” for AfD in German Regional Elections Image Credit: Sean Gallup / Staff / Getty Images
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The populist anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) is on course for a series of stunning victories in elections in the German states of Saxony and Thuringia.

In Saxony, exit polls suggest the AfD will come a close second to the conservative CDU, with 31% and 32% of the vote respectively. Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats (SDP) could only manage a measly 7% of the vote.

In Thuringia, the AfD fared even better and is on course to win, with 33% of the vote. The CDU placed a distant second, on 24%, and the SDP did even worse, with 6%.

The AfD’s stunning successes can be attributed to young and working-class voters. The AfD won the most votes from young voters in both states and over 50% of the working-class vote. The party didn’t do quite as well with pensioners however, more of whom voted for the CDU.

In response to the victories, AfD leader Alice Weidel said that they were an “historic success,” and that she believed voters have given the AfD a mandate to govern.

“Without the AfD, it is impossible to form a stable government.”

The conservative CDU has ruled out the possibility of forming a coalition with the AfD.

The AfD has risen to prominence in recent years as a result of Germany’s deepening social crisis as a result of mass migration. The growth of the party has been greeted with dismay by Germany’s ruling elites and there have been persistent suggestions that the party might be banned. AfD politicians and supporters have been subject to legal sanctions, intimidation and violence.


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