{"id":343186,"date":"2026-05-13T12:00:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T11:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/afd-mayoral-win-offers-glimpse-of-partys-local-strategy-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T12:00:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T11:00:29","slug":"afd-mayoral-win-offers-glimpse-of-partys-local-strategy-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/afd-mayoral-win-offers-glimpse-of-partys-local-strategy-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"AfD mayoral win offers glimpse of party\u2019s local strategy | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/kfzkBw4mVWM\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"AfD mayoral win offers glimpse of party\u2019s local strategy | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kfzkBw4mVWM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Germany\u2019s far-right AfD has won a mayoral race in the state of Brandenburg \u2013 an historic first. While this is not a major nationwide victory (the party lost several other local races the same day), experts say it offers an insight into a broader strategy: building influence from the ground up.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nIn this interview, political scientist Kai Arzheimer explains why local elections matter, how the AfD is trying to establish itself in communities \u2014 especially in eastern Germany \u2014 and whether these small wins could translate into national momentum.<\/p>\n<p>00:00 AfD makes gains at local level<br \/>\n01:04 Kai Arzheimer, University of Mainz<\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n<p> #Germany #AfD #DWGermanPolitics<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Germany\u2019s far-right AfD has won a mayoral race in the state of Brandenburg \u2013 an historic first. While this is not a major nationwide victory (the party lost several other local races the same day), experts say it offers an insight into a broader strategy: building influence from the ground up.\u00a0 \u00a0 In this interview, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":343187,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130889],"tags":[131753,131173,134657],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-343186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dw-news","tag-farright","tag-germanys","tag-mayoral"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>AfD mayoral win offers glimpse of party\u2019s local strategy | DW News | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch AfD mayoral win offers glimpse of party\u2019s local strategy | DW News for free, here on News ISC. 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