That’s a pretty bold strategy, because there was ample opportunity for everyone in the last decade to become “disenchanted” with the AfD. Those who aren’t want to be enchanted
Frau Schweinsburg has a bit of a history of collaborating with the AfD. And she’s not exactly on the far left of the CDU, either. Which doesn’t answer your question at all, because intelligence does not necessarily increase when you move further to the right.