How to explain the German East-West divide in support of a populist radical right party (AfD): mapping socioeconomic, psychological, and cultural explanatory factors from a demand-side, voter-level perspective.

Front Sociol · 2026 · PMC13246345 · PMID 42272694

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Statistically, it has been repeatedly confirmed that there is a highly significant East–West gap with regard to AfD vote intention or vote choice which has widened over time (e.g., Arzheimer and Berning, 2019 ; Kühling et al., 2025 ).

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