This article summarizes key insights from our talk “Love, Loathing, and Loyalty: Affective Counterpublics on German Political TikTok”, presented at the Annual Conference of the DGPuK Division “Communication and Politics” an presnets some additional analyses. Held in Hamburg on February 5, 2026, the presentation explored how parties from the ends of the ideological spectrum mobilized “affective counterpublics” during the federal election campaign.
