AfD loses significantly in two surveys after demonstrations:
In many places, citizens demonstrated against right-wing extremism over the weekend ...
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AfD Support Drops Sharply After Massive Anti-Right ProtestsThe AfD lost up to two percentage points in polls within a week following nationwide demonstrations against extremism.
- Reports of a meeting involving radical right figures sparked nationwide protests with hundreds of thousands opposing right-wing extremism.
- The AfD's support declined by 1.5 percentage points in the Insa survey, dropping from 23 to 21.5 percent within one week.
- In the RTL/ntv Forsa trend barometer, the party fell two percentage points to 20 percent while most other parties remained steady.
- Despite polling losses, the AfD reported a net gain of over 1,000 members since the start of the year.
The demonstrations against the AfD are supported by 37 percent of Germans. They are having an effect.— Hermann Binkert, Managing Director of Insa, in an interview with 'Bild'.
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