Aber hier leben..

Awareness app for far-right vote shares in Germany

"Aber hier leben" ("But living here..") is an iOS & Android app that shows you, based on your location, the vote share of far-right parties at your current position in Germany - from the individual voting district up to the federal level. The app covers four election levels (federal, state, municipal, EU) and goes back as far as 1994.

Optionally, the app notifies you via local push notification as soon as you enter an area whose value exceeds your personal threshold.

Get it on Google Play Coming soon to the App Store

"As a PoC I find the app super helpful and socially highly relevant. The current BKA figures show how important such educational and awareness tools have become."
Irem B. - Marketing Manager (Performance & UGC)
"Exclusion is becoming socially acceptable again - on Berlin's football pitches and schoolyards it is everyday life."
User*in
App screenshot: map of Germany with far-right vote share per state, location search, and 2025 federal election result App screenshot: choropleth map with voting-district polygons and percentages at your location, with notifications for safe travel App screenshot: detail view of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern with 51.3% vote share, full election result, and configurable threshold App screenshot: map with voting-district polygons in eastern Germany - 13,692 voting districts and 32 years of election history, all on-device

Features

  • Four election levels: federal (Bundestag), state (Landtag), municipal, EU
  • History back to 1994 (federal), 2004 (EU), depending on the state
  • 23 cities with voting-district polygons (13,692 districts)
  • Choropleth map with the far-right cluster share per region
  • Configurable threshold per election level
  • Optional local notification when the threshold is exceeded
  • Fully on-device: no servers, no data transmission, no trackers

Who counts as "far-right"?

The app uses a fixed list of parties classified as right-wing extremist by Germany's Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz) or its state-level offices:

  • AfD - "confirmed right-wing extremist endeavor" (federal, May 2025)
  • Die Heimat (formerly NPD) - "proven right-wing extremist"
  • Der III. Weg - "proven right-wing extremist"
  • Die Rechte - "proven right-wing extremist"

The cluster list ships as a data snapshot inside the app and can be updated without a new app-store release if classifications change.

Data Sources

All election results come from publicly available sources - primarily the Bundeswahlleiterin (federal returning officer), the statistical state offices, and the open-data portals of the cities. Administrative boundaries come from BKG (VG250).

Inside the app, under Settings → Sources, you'll find a complete list of all ~130 providers, sorted by election type and state, each with a direct link to the source.

All data is available under open licenses - DL-DE-BY 2.0, CC-BY 4.0 / CC0, MIT - depending on the source.

Privacy by Design

  • No backend - no server component, no user accounts
  • No tracking - no analytics, no third-party SDKs
  • Local-only - your location and all other data never leave the device
  • Local notifications - no APNs, no cloud triggers
  • Bundled data - election results + polygons ship inside the app bundle, no live queries

Details in the privacy policy.

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