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by at0mic22 481 days ago
DDR is not a proper Germany, cant count them
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No, the point I am making is that it very much depends on their location if this "1 in 5"-average is even remotely true. And looking at overall population statistics and concentration of jobs, it's comparatively likely that somebody migrating to germany is _not_ in those areas.

And I do think that's important to point out.

But immigrants do not vote unless they become citizens, do they?
I was originally replying to this comment:

>> This is comforting, as an Argentinian living in Germany. 1 out of 5 people here voted for the AFD...

My fundamental aim here was to show the poster, that it's likely not as bad where they are - and since they are a migrant, I assumed that they were likely not in those really bad areas. Intended as a positive message. Sadly, I apparently butchered the delivery of this message, as several people interpreted it completely differently.