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Financial Times@jburnmurdoch · Feb 24, 2025 · Line chart

AfD youth vote share

Financial Times's line chart drew 115.5K views on X: 0.3x its typical post and #25 of 25 Financial Times charts we track by views. Read Oct 10, 2026.

The youth gender divide is real and important, but it can mask the fact that the populist right is gaining ground among young women as well as young men in many countries.

Posted on X by @jburnmurdoch (Financial Times), Feb 24, 2025. Source: x.com · See its data

Why it spread

It spread because an independent author with a big source published a clear line chart showing that AfD tripled youth vote share among both men and women, earning 915 likes, 214 reposts, 28 quotes, 174 saves, and 115,526 views.

What worked

  • The post text directly states the counterintuitive finding that the populist right gained among young women as well as young men, which made people stop and share.
  • The chart type is a line chart that plainly shows AfD tripled youth vote share among men and women, matching the post text without extra decoration.
  • The post is branded and shows a source line from the top quarter of source reach, which gave readers confidence to repost and save it.

What to borrow

We could use the same form by taking one surprising comparison from our own data, stating it plainly in the post text, and pairing it with a simple line chart that shows the same pattern for two groups.

Careful

Do not copy the exact political framing or assume the same result applies to every country, and do not over-read the quote rate as proof of deep debate because it is only above average.

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How far did Financial Times's "AfD youth vote share" chart travel?

115,526 views, 915 likes, 214 reposts and 174 saves on X, read Oct 10, 2026. A normal post from @jburnmurdoch gets about 455K views.

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