Politics

Migration - cross-period delta

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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 20.2 WP21 9.5 -10.8 WP20 5.9 WP21 6.1 +0.2 WP20 15.4 WP21 3.9 -11.6 WP20 11.1 WP21 8.5 -2.6 WP20 5.1 WP21 6.9 +1.8
Belastungstopos
Migration as a burden on the welfare state, housing, schools.
 WP20 3.2 WP21 10.3 +7.1 WP20 6.3 WP21 4.7 -1.6 WP20 2.4 WP21 8.0 +5.6 WP20 0.1 WP21 3.4 +3.2 WP20 0.0 WP21 2.1 +2.1
Nutzentopos
Migration as a benefit: skilled labour, growth, demographics.
 WP20 0.9 WP21 2.3 +1.5 WP20 0.8 WP21 3.3 +2.5 WP20 1.2 WP21 4.3 +3.1 WP20 4.2 WP21 2.2 -2.0 WP20 2.0 WP21 4.8 +2.8
Schadentopos
Damage and decline caused by bad migration policy.
 WP20 3.1 WP21 3.5 +0.4 WP20 2.4 WP21 1.1 -1.3 WP20 3.9 WP21 1.7 -2.1 WP20 1.8 WP21 3.4 +1.6 WP20 0.9 WP21 1.4 +0.5
Humanitätstopos
Humanitarian duty: asylum, refugees, human dignity.
 WP20 4.2 WP21 9.9 +5.7 WP20 8.4 WP21 16.2 +7.8 WP20 19.1 WP21 13.0 -6.1 WP20 8.6 WP21 12.0 +3.4 WP20 2.9 WP21 16.3 +13.4
Kulturtopos
Cultural identity, integration, national values, language.
 WP20 3.3 WP21 3.0 -0.3 WP20 0.5 WP21 1.7 +1.3 WP20 5.1 WP21 0.2 -5.0 WP20 0.6 WP21 1.6 +1.0 WP20 0.7 WP21 4.0 +3.3
Rechtsstaatstopos
Rule of law: laws, courts, enforcement, due process.
 WP20 38.9 WP21 30.1 -8.8 WP20 16.0 WP21 24.0 +7.9 WP20 26.1 WP21 6.6 -19.5 WP20 9.5 WP21 13.0 +3.4 WP20 9.9 WP21 13.6 +3.7
Mißbrauchstopos
Abuse of the asylum system: bogus claims, fraud.
 WP20 2.8 WP21 3.7 +0.8 WP20 0.8 WP21 5.0 +4.2 WP20 0.0 WP21 0.3 +0.3 WP20 1.0 WP21 0.3 -0.6 WP20 0.4 WP21 4.3 +3.9
FlutMetapher
Flood metaphors: wave, stream, mass. Dehumanising scale imagery.
 WP20 1.4 WP21 2.7 +1.3 WP20 2.7 WP21 1.1 -1.6 WP20 0.0 WP21 0.6 +0.6 WP20 0.5 WP21 0.3 -0.2 WP20 0.6 WP21 0.0 -0.6
EigenVsFremdgruppe
Us vs them: our people against outsiders or foreigners.
 WP20 4.9 WP21 4.9 +0.0 WP20 2.4 WP21 2.7 +0.3 WP20 1.0 WP21 3.5 +2.5 WP20 1.6 WP21 3.3 +1.7 WP20 0.0 WP21 2.6 +2.6