Hundreds of thousands of ordinary citizens have taken to the streets in efforts to stop the far-right AfD. Although the protest movement includes broad swaths of society, it remains fragile.
The AfD is currently in first place in the polls in all three states. More German voters can imagine casting their ballot for this party, and fewer categorically rule it out – even though the AfD continues to radicalize.. Three state associations have already been classified as confirmed right-wing extremist, and the rest of theAfD is a "suspected" case.