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The rural southern areas are conservative, not fascist — though their conservatism usually implies a bit of racism, that doesn't mean that they tend to support radical fascism. They're usually too scared to ruin their public or neighborhood image.

The "battle for the heads" (Kampf um die Köpfe in German; how the NPD's and similar right-wing institutions' propaganda battle is often referred to in German media,) targets mostly bored and disillusioned youth, and is more successful in the poorer East than it would be in the well-off South.