Political scientist Lembcke sees the AfD in Saxony-Anhalt as the regional dominant party

Political scientist Oliver Lembcke sees the AfD in Saxony-Anhalt close to the status of a people's party. There are “significant similarities” sociodemographically, said Lembcke in the WDR5 interview. “It is not a (people’s party) because it has no alliance power. (...) But it has already become something of a regional dominant party. And of course that means that it reaches deep into the middle.” So far, other parties have rejected a coalition with the AfD.

The AfD appealed to many different social groups in the state elections in Saxony-Anhalt - including young people who were not previously very AfD-affine, said Lembcke, who teaches political science at the Ruhr University Bochum. This also has to do with top candidate Ulrich Siegmund, who himself comes across as young and dynamic.