The election campaign in Saxony-Anhalt is in full swing. Posters are up across the federal state, and on social media the topic dominates like scarcely any other. Initiatives such as "Taktisch Wählen" are now calling on people to adjust how they vote in order to prevent a possible AfD-led government.
The organisers want voters to back parties such as the SPD and the Greens so that, despite weak polling figures, they still make it into the state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt. The campaigners argue that "the SPD and the Greens are currently particularly close to the 5% threshold. If one or both parties narrowly miss out, many democratic votes will be lost when seats are allocated. The AfD could benefit massively from this."
