Politics

Migration - cross-period delta

Each cell shows the same fraction's pattern density in WP20 (top), WP21 (middle), and the delta. Orange cell = pattern grew after the Feb 2025 election. Blue cell = pattern shrank. Click any cell to read those speeches.

Rhetorical pattern AfD
WP20: 71 . WP21: 96 speeches
CDU/CSU
WP20: 61 . WP21: 72 speeches
Linke
WP20: 23 . WP21: 59 speeches
Grüne
WP20: 59 . WP21: 80 speeches
SPD
WP20: 48 . WP21: 68 speeches
Gefahrentopos
Migration framed as a security threat. Crime, terror, danger.
WP20 44.9 WP21 32.4 -12.5 WP20 18.7 WP21 30.8 +12.0 WP20 - WP21 23.8 - WP20 20.2 WP21 - - WP20 27.6 WP21 18.1 -9.6
Belastungstopos
Migration as a burden on the welfare state, housing, schools.
WP20 28.3 WP21 34.5 +6.2 WP20 29.5 WP21 28.9 -0.6 WP20 - WP21 - - WP20 - WP21 18.8 - WP20 - WP21 17.3 -
Nutzentopos
Migration as a benefit: skilled labour, growth, demographics.
WP20 - WP21 - - WP20 14.7 WP21 39.2 +24.4 WP20 - WP21 27.2 - WP20 37.5 WP21 19.3 -18.1 WP20 19.7 WP21 83.3 +63.6
Schadentopos
Damage and decline caused by bad migration policy.
WP20 23.9 WP21 38.6 +14.7 WP20 26.2 WP21 24.1 -2.1 WP20 19.6 WP21 12.5 -7.1 WP20 14.2 WP21 36.5 +22.3 WP20 - WP21 23.3 -
Humanitätstopos
Humanitarian duty: asylum, refugees, human dignity.
WP20 10.9 WP21 31.0 +20.1 WP20 26.5 WP21 54.1 +27.6 WP20 51.7 WP21 48.1 -3.6 WP20 31.4 WP21 41.3 +9.9 WP20 16.3 WP21 86.9 +70.6
Kulturtopos
Cultural identity, integration, national values, language.
WP20 22.0 WP21 25.7 +3.7 WP20 18.0 WP21 14.3 -3.7 WP20 - WP21 - - WP20 - WP21 19.3 - WP20 15.3 WP21 83.3 +68.0
Rechtsstaatstopos
Rule of law: laws, courts, enforcement, due process.
WP20 62.1 WP21 58.7 -3.4 WP20 36.4 WP21 62.8 +26.3 WP20 95.0 WP21 16.0 -79.0 WP20 19.5 WP21 66.5 +47.0 WP20 35.1 WP21 44.7 +9.6
Mißbrauchstopos
Abuse of the asylum system: bogus claims, fraud.
WP20 17.4 WP21 26.3 +8.8 WP20 12.3 WP21 39.5 +27.2 WP20 - WP21 - - WP20 - WP21 - - WP20 12.5 WP21 46.6 +34.1
FlutMetapher
Flood metaphors: wave, stream, mass. Dehumanising scale imagery.
WP20 18.8 WP21 17.5 -1.3 WP20 10.5 WP21 23.6 +13.1 WP20 - WP21 - - WP20 - WP21 - - WP20 16.0 WP21 - -
EigenVsFremdgruppe
Us vs them: our people against outsiders or foreigners.
WP20 28.9 WP21 21.1 -7.8 WP20 15.4 WP21 23.1 +7.7 WP20 - WP21 21.6 - WP20 13.5 WP21 44.9 +31.5 WP20 - WP21 - -