East Germans Lean Toward Extremes in State Elections

The Alternative for Germany party was on course to win in Thuringia, according to projections, in what was seen as a worrying sign of the health of German democracy.
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The center-right CDU is slightly ahead of AfD in Saxony. Meanwhile, "A new party rooted in the extreme left, the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance, or BSW, was running third in both states."

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https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/01/world/europe/east-german-state-elections-saxony-thuringia.html