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I mean what makes the AfD unique in German politics is how little regional power they have despite getting 15% and more of the votes. Usually a party of that size should‘ve secured a lot more towns and cities by now but their popularity is somewhere between 10% and 30% in rare extreme cases everywhere. They‘re simply not very popular anywhere.
I think it‘s generally believed that the AfD‘s way of success (spreading fear and hate with blatant lies in social media) is their biggest weakness in the end because it evenly distributes their BS across the country and they can‘t really make any use of their rising popularity in many cases.
I mean we had elections in Germany’s most populated state of North Rhine-Westphalia this year and they couldn‘t win a single district or get a single candidate elected. This is not normal for a party with that kind of popularity. It‘s a disaster for them.
So while media keeps spreading fear for clicks, the reality is that the far right appear to be larger than they actually are. There are far more people in Germany that hate the AfD than there are supporters.
Nevertheless, being a far right extremist organization, they should be banned. This is a no-brainer. The fact that it isn‘t happening yet shows how little the current right-conservative government cares about the people. They see opportunity in having a farther right party in the parliament so they themselves look more centric in comparison.
Good. Unfortunately, in some Eastern parts the situation is very different
Politiclowns are popular when they are far away, but once you know them, you don't want them running your city into the ground.