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They did grow a lot, but that definitely does not mean that this is going to be a trend. Afd basically got 13% under a set of circumstances that is almost ideal for their kind of party: during crisis where the country has a ton of foreign people coming in. I suppose they might've done a little better 5-6 months ago, but likely this is close to their peak unless the country faces a crisis worse than the Syrian refugee one somewhere around the next election. I honestly expect that as this whole thing slowly dies out their support too will wane, and they'll be at 5-9% again next election. The same is true for someone like Le Pen. These groups need a perfect storm to get a chance, and all over Europe that perfect storm still wasn't enough to get them in power.