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When the East Goes to the Poll: Explaining the Regional Differences in AfD-Voting in the 2021 Federal Election

Wenn der Osten wählt: Erklärungen für Ost-West-Unterschiede in den AfD-Wahlergebnissen der Bundestagswahl 2021
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Götzel, Julia

Corporate Editor
Deutsche Nachwuchsgesellschaft für Politik- und Sozialwissenschaft e.V. (DNGPS)

Abstract

In the 2021 German federal election, the share of East Germans who voted for the Alternative for Germany (AfD), a radical right-wing party, was more than twice as high as the share of AfD voters in West Germany. While most scholars focus on the general determinants of AfD-voting, this paper sheds li... view more

In the 2021 German federal election, the share of East Germans who voted for the Alternative for Germany (AfD), a radical right-wing party, was more than twice as high as the share of AfD voters in West Germany. While most scholars focus on the general determinants of AfD-voting, this paper sheds light on specific variables that could explain these east-west differences. To achieve this, I develop a two-sided argument which considers both the distribution of common AfD-voting determinants and the socialization experiences of East Germans. Multivariate regression with the 2021 GLES data reveals a remaining East bonus in AfD-voting, indicating that the distribution of voting determinants alone cannot explain the regional differences in AfD vote share. Nevertheless, this paper presents a novel structured approach to the issue.... view less


Bei der Bundestagswahl 2021 lag der Anteil der Alternative für Deutschland (AfD)-Wähler:innen in Ostdeutschland mehr als doppelt so hoch als der in Westdeutschland. Während Forschende sich häufig mit generellen Determinanten für eine AfD-Wahl beschäftigen, sucht diese Studie nach Variablen, die die ... view more

Bei der Bundestagswahl 2021 lag der Anteil der Alternative für Deutschland (AfD)-Wähler:innen in Ostdeutschland mehr als doppelt so hoch als der in Westdeutschland. Während Forschende sich häufig mit generellen Determinanten für eine AfD-Wahl beschäftigen, sucht diese Studie nach Variablen, die die Ost-West-Unterschiede erklären können. Hierfür wird ein Argument entwickelt, dass sowohl die Verteilung von allgemeinen Wahldeterminanten als auch Sozialisationseffekte von Ostdeutschen umfasst. Multivariate Regressionen mit den 2021 GLES Daten zeigen einen bestehenden Ostbonus für die AfD und verdeutlichen, dass die Verteilung von Wahldeterminanten allein die regionalen Unterschiede in den Wahlergebnissen nicht erklären kann. Dennoch bietet diese Studie einen neuen, strukturierten Ansatz.... view less

Keywords
Federal Republic of Germany; New Federal States; old federal states; east-west comparison; regional difference; voting behavior; election to the Bundestag; socioeconomic factors; demographic factors; socialization; German Democratic Republic (GDR)

Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture

Free Keywords
AfD; German Longitudinal Election Study (GLES) 2022

Document language
English

Publication Year
2023

Publisher
Verlag Barbara Budrich

City
Opladen

Page/Pages
24 p.

Series
DNGPS Working Paper, 01/2023

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3224/dngps.v9i1.01

ISSN
2365-3329

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0


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