Das ist ein sehr guter Thread, der mit vielen Fehlwahrnehmungen aufräumt. Zwei Dinge sind darüber hinaus, denke ich, wichtig. 1) Veränderungen über die Zeit. Auch wenn junge männliche Wähler im Schnitt seltener AfD wählen als mittelalte Männer, konnte die AfD 2025 vor allem in ersterer zulegen. 🧵

A helpful reminder: so-called 'remigration' is literally Nazi stuff

Also, may I say that I don’t agree with people saying ICE and CBP need “more training.” They’re doing exactly what this administration has trained them to—impose a reign of fear in blue cities. They don’t need more training. They need to be ripped up root and branch.

Yep

fwiw it’s been about six weeks since Trump pardoned the former president of Honduras who had been convicted of trafficking drugs into the US

The US military has ranked among the most respected institutions in the US for decades. Mark my words, Trump will destroy that too.

I missed this, from a year ago, but the extreme-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) uses not just clear Nazi aesthetics in its propaganda but also a clear Nazi salute. By the way, these are the German friends of Trump and the GOP.

🎉 New publication 🎉 Why do #youngpeople vote for the #AfD? This question has kept our research project busy for quite some time, so I'm beyond excited that our first article - co-authored with @timonscheuer.bsky.social - is now out in #GermanPolitics! 🤩 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted. If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.

IN NEW ISSUE: Authoritarian, But Not Nativist - @aborges75.bsky.social & @lisazanottiphd.bsky.social examine how far-right parties in Latin America compare to their Western European counterpart: buff.ly/4fK7Fwk (OPEN ACCESS) @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com

This can’t be repeated enough

Just the Department of Homeland Security, using a term hijacked and popularised by the extreme-right Identitarian Movement.

New article! Climate action versus environmental protection? How far-right and environmentalist messengers shape public attitudes towards renewable energy infrastructure in forests, by @manesweisskircher.bsky.social and Matthias Diermeier. doi.org/10.1080/0964...

This Thursday, we celebrate the retirement and work of Michael Minkenberg, one of the most underrated scholars of far-right politics. I will give an online keynote but there is also a great in-person panel with, among others, @andreapirro.it & @veghzsuzsanna.bsky.social Sign up here! 👇

New co-edited book on pedagogy in PoliSci is out!

So even someone like Jimmy Kimmel, who brings in millions, isn’t safe from far-right intimidation! And every high-profile surrender not just feeds the thirst for more among the far-right mob but also facilitates the next surrender.

Building on this theme, despite strenuous efforts by Right-leaning commentators to claim that the AfD is the party of German youth, in North Rhine Westphalia among under-25s it sits well behind the CDU, SPD, Hard Left Linke and the Greens Linke in particular are building momentum among young voters

Hate in the Homeland is a must-read. We have ALL the expertise at our fingertips so it’s on us to do the work. Book club anyone?? I'm happy to re-read it. Shit, I'll even read it TO you. WHATEVER IT TAKES!

Imagine if they’d had sandwiches. 🥪

8th edition w/ @michaelhansenphd.bsky.social is now available!

“Far-right leaders from across Europe will gather near Milan next week to promote 'remigration', a hardline plan to deport non-white immigrants and their descendants, regardless of citizenship, birthplace, or legal status.” (H/T @drmarina.bsky.social) www.euractiv.com/section/poli...

The federal state of Saxony has just published first *register data* results from the German elections in 2025: These numbers show that young women overwhelmingly supported the LINKE (37%). Young men voted more strongly for the AfD (42%), but this is lower than among middle-aged men (50%).

As speakers of the @dvpw.bsky.social's working group Elections and Public Opinion, we invite proposals for a special issue on the 2025 German federal election (to be submitted to Electoral Studies). See: www.dvpw.de/gliederung/a... Also see the previous SI: www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

Can anyone suggest a good, fairly recent German film about the immigrant experience or multiculturalism in Germany? Helpful if it’s available on Kanopy as well

We all saw it and heard it with our own eyes. So did Europe! #TheGreatestBetrayal

Ukraine is Europe! We stand by Ukraine. We will step up our support to Ukraine so that they can continue to fight back the agressor. Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader. It’s up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge.

I am so ashamed of our government and the voters who put this traitor to our values in office

It amazes me that the AfD can claim to represent the will of the people. 20% of the vote yes, but around 80% of Germans detest it. The AfD ranks significantly worse than all other parties

Und hier das Ganze auch nochmal in der Wählerwanderung: Hauptzuwächse der Linken von SPD und Grüne. (bei aller Vorsicht mit derartigen Wählerwanderungsanalysen)

We’ll see whether this moves much tonight. Who gets in and who doesn’t will determine which coalitions are possible

This NYT story I was going to post is probably paywalled, so I’ll add things to look for in the German election today:

He nails it.

If you’re not paying attention to the transnational far right, you should be. Germany’s election is tomorrow, and Elon Musk and JD Vance have been strong supporters of Germany’s far right party, the AfD, which is polling at 21%.

Here is a great headline reinforcing this: www.wired.com/story/neo-na...

Cold day in hell when we join hands for kumbaya around a national insurrection.

Very excited to be able to teach my German Politics through Film course this semester!

Hard copy is out!

Today in WTactualFuck: -renaming the Gulf of Mexico, -claiming credit for PM Trudeau resignation so Canada can become a single US 51st state, and -sending moronic son & 2 MAGA Nazis to Greenland to try to take it from Denmark The government 77 million of you chose

The ‘transnational love affair’ between Musk, Trump and the German far right: ‘Inspired by his tough-guy bravado and promises to expel immigrants from the US, the German far-right has projected onto Trump a “fantasy of ethnonational power” they seek to replicate’ www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Er wünschte Angela Merkel den Tod, sympathisierte mit der AfD und Elon Musk und drohte im Netz mit einer Gewalttat. Was trieb Taleb A. vor der Todesfahrt von Magdeburg um?

Published in 2022: M. A. Hansen and J. Olsen. “A Tale of Two Electorates?” In: German Politics and Society 40.2 (2022), pp. 110-133. http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/gps.2022.400206.

Happy to announce that a new edition of my 1999 book, “Nature and Nationalism,” will be published in the New Year www.amazon.com/Nature-Natio...

The GLES is gearing up for the 2025 early federal election! 🎉 The design includes pre- & post-election surveys, cross-sections & panels, and more to provide in-depth insights into voter and candidate behavior & attitudes. Stay tuned, more to come!📣 ➡️ gesis.org/gles

Another recent article from @bforchtner.bsky.social and me. And it’s open access! journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Now that I’m on here rather than the other place, want to publicize our book that came out earlier this year!

Study on the impact of education & attitudinal predictors on Finns Party support (w/ Mikko Leino). doi.org/10.1016/j.el

Co-authore book (w/ @jrob0922.bsky.social) on the AfD! We utilize a novel theory to explain each stage of the party's development - emergence, breakthrough, & sustainmeent. doi.org/10.1007/978-...

In the newest issue of German Politics w/ @jrob0922.bsky.social. A study on the AfD and issue entrepreneurship. doi.org/10.1080/0964...

New article recently out with @bforchtner.bsky.social on the German eco-Far Right’s narrative of Herbert Gruhl www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....