realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 days agoGerman far-right party wins a state election for the first time since the Naziswww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1169arrow-down14
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minus-squarelemmydividebyzero@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·15 days agoDisclaimer: Having most of the votes does not automatically mean being part of the government. You need 50% of the seats and they are alone and won’t get them.
minus-squarerealcaseyrollins@thelemmy.clubOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·15 days agoI figured that’s why the headline wasn’t “The AfD Takes Over Germany!”
minus-squaredavitzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·15 days agoI mean it’s a state election. Even if they gained 100% control of that state’s government they wouldn’t have taken over Germany.
minus-squarerealcaseyrollins@thelemmy.clubOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·15 days agoTrue, but AfD support is still growing in Germany.
Disclaimer: Having most of the votes does not automatically mean being part of the government. You need 50% of the seats and they are alone and won’t get them.
I figured that’s why the headline wasn’t “The AfD Takes Over Germany!”
I mean it’s a state election. Even if they gained 100% control of that state’s government they wouldn’t have taken over Germany.
True, but AfD support is still growing in Germany.