The Kremlin money and the racial politics were a poisoned gift because they will prevent them from ever gaining the absolute majority.
Uhm what? I don’t see the ~40% Afd voters in my area give a hoot about Kremlin money and many are absolutely against all foreigners. And while many people in Western Germany would rather not see that, the reason that so many people still vote CxU despite everything is that they are copying Afd language on immigration.
Uhm what? I don’t see the ~40% Afd voters in my area give a hoot about Kremlin money and many are absolutely against all foreigners. And while many people in Western Germany would rather not see that, the reason that so many people still vote CxU despite everything is that they are copying Afd language on immigration.
This seems like a really bad take.
To the established parties, 40% is an acceptable risk if it prevents another new party from gaining 55% of the votes.