It's hard to tell if this is a genuine brake away group who is tired of the main party doing nothing or if they are opportunistic infiltrators seeing how the tide is turning.
Best way to decipher may be to look at them individually and their track records in government and with their constituents, but without that information I'd be highly cautious.
The UK was voting UKIP, for Brexit, before the AfD was a twinkle in anyone's eye. The potential certainly was there. They may be disillusioned by now and turn away from politics - like a lot of people here say "don't vote, they'll steal it anyway".
It's hard to tell if this is a genuine brake away group who is tired of the main party doing nothing or if they are opportunistic infiltrators seeing how the tide is turning.
Best way to decipher may be to look at them individually and their track records in government and with their constituents, but without that information I'd be highly cautious.
The UK was voting UKIP, for Brexit, before the AfD was a twinkle in anyone's eye. The potential certainly was there. They may be disillusioned by now and turn away from politics - like a lot of people here say "don't vote, they'll steal it anyway".
Sort of the attitude in Washington State.