The far-right AfD party won the state elections in the eastern German state of Thuringia with 30.5% of the vote on Sunday (1 September), according to exit polls, marking the party's first win in a state election.
“Them rich folks of the AfD keep telling me that democracy made me poor and jobless. They are also telling me that they’ll bring back jobs, by removing all them immigrants. Guess I’ll vote for them.”
“democracy doesn’t let me be racist enough, we should get rid of it”
~average AfD voter
“Them rich folks of the AfD keep telling me that democracy made me poor and jobless. They are also telling me that they’ll bring back jobs, by removing all them immigrants. Guess I’ll vote for them.”