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You’re reading an excerpt from the Today’s WorldView newsletter.... They pandered to German skeptics of coronavirus vaccines and opponents of pandemic-provoked lockdowns, while railing against the eco-politics of the left.... “ Despite AfD rhetoric and media coverage to the contrary, most voters in Germany — and perhaps elsewhere — don’t find harsh anti-immigrant positions appealing, ” political scientist Rafaela Dancygier wrote....