Is AfD support about immigration, poverty or east vs west?

Across Germany, support for the AfD was stronger in areas with low household income. Most of these constituencies are in the formerly communist east

Key

The east

The west

Berlin

Görlitz

30

AfD vote

share,%

20

10

18

24

30

Average income,

€000s

Similarly, areas with lower percentages of foreign residents were more likely to support the AfD. There was a clear divide between the ethnically uniform east and the more cosmopolitan west. Within each half of the country, voting patterns were more consistent

Görlitz

30

AfD vote

share, %

20

10

8

16

24

Foreign

nationals, %

Across Germany, support for the AfD was stronger in areas with low household income. Most of these constituencies are in the formerly communist east

Similarly, areas with lower percentages of foreign residents were more likely to support the AfD. There was a clear divide between the ethnically uniform east and the more cosmopolitan west. Within each half of the country, voting patterns were more consistent

Key

The east

The west

Berlin

Görlitz

Görlitz

30

30

AfD vote

share,%

AfD vote

share, %

20

20

10

10

8

16

24

18

24

30

Average income,

€000s

Foreign

nationals, %