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Re:Who is driving Germany's far-right poll surge? by bennyhana on Sunday August 27, 2023 @04:01AM (#37280445)
> Overall, the conclusion of the surveys seems quite clear. There has not been a general shift to the right. In addition to a base of far-right wing support, which makes up 15 percent of the population, the AfD is attracting a protest vote that takes it to slightly more than 20 percent support. This is driven by dissatisfaction with migration policy and a general fear of societal crisis.

Haven’t read the article before commenting, have ya?

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Re:Who is driving Germany's far-right poll surge? by living_room_pc on Sunday August 27, 2023 @04:15AM (#37280523)
Be nice.

I think he is commenting on the obvious fact that politicians do not like to blame themselves for the problems they create. It looks bad and is bad for polls.

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Re:Who is driving Germany's far-right poll surge? by jdthedisciple on Sunday August 27, 2023 @04:10AM (#37280492)
This whole "right-left-shift" paradigm is nonsense.

If the base moves so far left that their original position is now considered far-right,

then you still have a relative right-shift.

Howcome nobody ever questions said extreme left-shift of the base?

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Re:Who is driving Germany's far-right poll surge? by yungporko on Sunday August 27, 2023 @04:19AM (#37280557)
because left is "correct" and right is evil
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Re:Who is driving Germany's far-right poll surge? by jdthedisciple on Sunday August 27, 2023 @04:29AM (#37280615)
Right, sums up the political discourse of our time.
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