“The hard-right Alternative for Germany Party has polled more than 30 per cent support in the key state of Brandenburg for the first time,” the Times of London reports.
“Ahead of elections next year — in a state which encircles Berlin and has been controlled by the center-left SPD for more than 30 years — AfD support now stands at 32 percent, according to the poll. The SPD was trailing on 20 percent.”
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Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.