The AfD is polling above 40% ahead of Saxony-Anhalt's election. What is driving support for the far right in this predominantly rural eastern German state?

Germany is preparing for the possibility that the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) could lead a state government for the first time, as the party holds a wide polling lead…

Die AfD in Sachsen-Anhalt liegt in Umfragen weit vorn. Viele ihrer Kandidaten pflegen Kontakte ins rechtsextreme Milieu oder verbreiten rassistisches Gedankengut.