I'd be shocked if the people who voted for the Diet Nazis are turned off by Diet Nazism.
I think (in the east) it's more about turnout among non-Nazis than converting Nazis.
Are they even diet? They seem like regular Nazis to me.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The far-right populist Alternative für Deutschland party has been narrowly beaten in its first electoral test since revelations came to light of its involvement in a plan for the mass deportation of foreigners that has sparked huge protests across Germany.
The vote, in which about 66,000 people were eligible to cast their ballot, was seen as a gauge as to whether the mobilisation of civil society against the anti-immigrant AfD since the recent revelations about the deportation plan had dented or bolstered the party’s popularity.
A cross-party mobilisation of voters in the past fortnight in an attempt to keep the AfD out of power resulted in a higher turnout of 69%, enabling Herrgott, who has local roots, to make the gains necessary to defeat his rival.
The vote is being viewed as the prelude to a “super” election year for a state governed by a fragile alliance under Bodo Ramelow of his far-left Die Linke, the Social Democrats and the Greens.
This month, investigative journalists revealed that high-ranking members of the AfD had discussed plans for the mass expulsion of foreigners and unassimilated citizens from Germany in the event of the party securing power.
Thrum, 49, a qualified carpenter, is viewed as a close disciple of Höcke’s and more radical than Sesselmann, who openly rubs shoulders with rightwing extremist groups including the Reichsbürger movement.
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Could someone explain the East to me? When I visited Dresden and Leipzig in 2015/16, they seemed very liberal to me, although the people I've been staying with did say that there've been "troubles" with certain elements.
Now when I read the news it keeps mentioning that it's pretty bad outside of Berlin. But do they also mean Leipzig and Dresden by that? Or is it just the rural areas that churn out AfD voters?
Leipzig and Dresden are fine. Especially Leipzig as it's a student city, so of course it features more progressive people.
All the other, smaller cities, are not though. Erfurt, Jena, Chemnitz, Halle, ... They are all considered right wing cities. Rural areas are generally more conservative and right leaning, I think that's a global phenomenon.
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