I was hoping that the recent spate of migrant stabbings and Cars of Peace would lead to an overperformance by the AfD. Turns out that they are underperforming, although they have gained about a point compared to the first exit poll.
BSW (left-wing populist, anti-woke, anti-war) appeared to get 4.9% and thus waste all its votes - but it's looking better now. Some on the German right hate BSW because they think that it takes votes away from the AfD, but looking at the whole picture, I find that very unlikely.
The winner CDU has positioned itself as tough on immigration. They are the party of that old witch Merkel, and some party members have broken with its immigration hawk leader recently. Let's see what happens.
It's very difficult to 'control dissent' against 20% of the population. It won't stop them from trying, but banning parties or persecuting people only works when already existing support is very small. All they'll accomplish is to embitter people even more and turn them completely against the state.
I was hoping that the recent spate of migrant stabbings and Cars of Peace would lead to an overperformance by the AfD. Turns out that they are underperforming, although they have gained about a point compared to the first exit poll.
BSW (left-wing populist, anti-woke, anti-war) appeared to get 4.9% and thus waste all its votes - but it's looking better now. Some on the German right hate BSW because they think that it takes votes away from the AfD, but looking at the whole picture, I find that very unlikely.
The winner CDU has positioned itself as tough on immigration. They are the party of that old witch Merkel, and some party members have broken with its immigration hawk leader recently. Let's see what happens.
It's very difficult to 'control dissent' against 20% of the population. It won't stop them from trying, but banning parties or persecuting people only works when already existing support is very small. All they'll accomplish is to embitter people even more and turn them completely against the state.
Signal right, turn left. If they actually cared they would collaborate with the Afd.