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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I kind of assumed there'd be lots of German servicepeople on those bases too. Interesting that it doesn't work that way.

So why do you think Kaiserslautern went AfD?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

I want to say the anti American sentiment but also Kaiserslautern is the 2nd stop in Germany from France (first being Saarbrücken). So there may be anti immigration influence.

Additionally Kaiserslautern has lost a ton of manufacturing capabilities with the withdraw of Pfaff and Opel in the area may have caused many loss of jobs and general upset of the population.