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According to the latest survey conducted for RTL and NTV, the Alternative for Deutschland (AfD) party not only recorded record support, but for the first time took the lead, ahead of the Christian Democrats coalition CDU/CSU by 1 percentage point.
Although almost two months have passed since the elections in Germany, coalition talks between the CDU/CSU and the SPD are still ongoing, which are to jointly form a new government. Key issues include migration policy, taxes, pensions and energy policy. Initially, it was assumed that the new government would be formed before Easter, now the vote on the election of Friedrich Marz as the new chancellor is scheduled for early May. Meanwhile, the CDU/CSU and the SDP, which are to rule, are clearly losing support in the polls, while the AfD is gaining.
Growing support for the AfD has been observed since the elections, which took place on February 23. In the latest survey, the far-right party scored 26%, which allowed it to surpass the CDU/CSU (25%). Compared to the election results of February 23, AFD gained 5.2 percentage points, and the Christian Democrats lost 3.5 points.
If the election were held now, the SPD party would be in third place, which is to form a new government with the CDU/CSU. 15% of respondents would vote for it, while in the February elections the SPD received 16.4%. This means that the parties that are to create a new cabinet lost a total of 4.9 percentage points compared to the election results before they even started to rule.
The next places were the Greens with a result of 11% (11.6% in the elections), the Left with a result of 9% (8.8% in the elections), the FDP (4%) and BSW (4%).
RLT and NTV also published the results of another study on the motives for voting for specific parties in the February elections. Special attention was paid to the voters of the AfD. 35% of them indicated that they voted for the AfD because of the convergence of their views with those proclaimed by the party. 19% admitted, however, that their main motivation was their dislike of the entire political system. As many as 40% indicated that they voted for the AfD in protest against other parties. 24% cited dissatisfaction with the SPD, Greens and FDP government as the main reason, 15% indicated objections to the leader of the CDU and the candidate for chancellor, Friedrich Merz.
I thought the German government had the power to ban neo-Nazi parties and groups?
It hasn’t, the German federal constitutional court (German SCOTUS) has. The German federal parliament has the power to submit the proposal to ban a party to the court.
Not exactly sure what the paper donald.pl is like on the political scale. But if this is well researched and not clickbait it is concerning.
As many as 40% indicated that they voted for the AfD in protest against other parties.
for fucks sake pepole
Hur dur I’m doing a protest against boring dinner choices by literally eating my own shit.
Same as all the trump idiots that voted for him in protest.
I GET IT. Can we now please not behave like complete idiots and set the world up for fire?
Cambridge Analytica, still kickin’.
It’s bad enough to do that in a two party system like the US. In a multi party system, if all the parties are terrible, just form a new one if you care that much.
Shame them all you want - it’s not going to change how they vote. If anything, it just reinforces their choice. People might not even fully agree with the party they end up supporting, but when they feel dismissed, mocked, or ignored - especially over things like cultural values or identity - they vote out of spite. It’s not rational, but it’s real.
That’s part of what got Trump elected as well. When political and cultural movements go so far in trying to please a niche minority that they alienate the broader majority, eventually that majority pushes back.
Special attention was paid to the voters of the AfD. 35% of them indicated that they voted for the AfD because of the convergence of their views with those proclaimed by the party. 19% admitted, however, that their main motivation was their dislike of the entire political system. As many as 40% indicated that they voted for the AfD in protest against other parties.
“Don’t vote the whole system is broken” sound familiar?
The same troll farms are operating there, just as they do here.
Yes, but does that mean the statement is true or does it just mean that the statement resonates with young voters?
The system does have grave problems that desperately need to be addressed but the far right doesn’t have the answers.
It’s very frustrating to encounter American progressive voters who are actively undermining their only chance at representation.
It’s a military psychological operation created by Cambridge Analytica based on a large set of Facebook data as to who they can persuade to stay home and not vote. It’s been active for about 10 years and is the main reason for Brexit, trump, and a bunch of other right-wing f**kery.
The link to the ted talk was just posted the other day.
I mean to be fair they did nuke the US and fucked up the system for ever, so it does kind of work to force change.
Too bad change was to facism though.
Too many stupid people in the world. 🤢
Nazis just tired of pretending.
This is a disaster please do not follow in America’s destruction.
When brexit happened I had a hunch that the us was doomed. Although my concerns started when romney was a presidential nominee in 2012.
Follow? We’re all being hoodwinked by the same hornswogglers.
Fuck.
Is this like the Polish analog of /r/The_Donald?
not that I could tell, although that was my first thought too. Not sure why they went with that one.
