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AfD Tops 40% in Saxony-Anhalt Election Polls

8/27/2026

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  • AfD could win an absolute majority in Saxony-Anhalt’s 6 September election.
  • Polls show the party at about 40 % support among the state’s 1.8 million voters.
  • AfD counters the state’s ‘think modern’ Bauhaus campaign with a ‘think German’ cultural policy.
  • AfD flag-bearer Ulrich Siegmund attended a November 2023 meeting on a ‘remigration’ deportation plan.
  • Dessau-Roßlau’s population fell to 75,000 from 130,000 in 1990, driven by outmigration of educated women.