Is the AfD a party of the left-behind regions?
Political scientist Haffert on urban-rural contrasts in Germany
Red-green city centres, black-blue countryside. The polarisation between urban and rural areas is also reflected in the latest election results. Lukas Haffert has been researching urban-rural contrasts for years and talks in an interview about the most important findings from the federal election and the underlying trends. Is polarisation coming from the countryside and the city? What are the economic and cultural causes of this growing alienation? And is the strength of the AfD an expression of an international "rural revolt" against the cities?
In the Interview with the pw-portal Prof Dr Lukas Haffert talks about the political geography of the 2025 federal election.
You can access the interview with the pw-portal HERE.
With his book "City, country, frustration - a political survey." (C. H. Beck, 2022), political scientist Lukas Haffert was awarded the joint DGfP and SW&D Prize "The political science book 2024".
You can find more information about the book prize HERE.
