In this article, we ask whether the presence of populist parties influences the negative effect of income inequality on voter turnout. A number of studies have shown that voter turnout is lower in unequal countries. In particular, citizens with fewer resources abstain at higher rates. Since populist parties seek to mobilize these groups, their success could lead to higher and less unequal turnout rates. To assess empirically whether this holds true, we analyzed a dataset encompassing data on 296 national parliamentary elections in 31 European countries between 1970 and 2016. The results show that there is neither a direct nor an indirect effect of populism on voter turnout. In elections with more successful populist parties, voter turnout w...
"An election outcome reflects institutional, behavioural and attitudinal influences. We set out a mo...
The current surge of populism in Europe and the United States calls for further analysis using publi...
We investigated whether income gaps in voting turnout vary with country-level economic inequality, a...
In this article, we ask whether the presence of populist parties influences the negative effect of i...
In this paper, we investigate whether income inequality negatively affects voter turnout. Despite so...
The presence and popularity of populist parties – right-wing in the US, radical right in the EU – ra...
While some consider populist parties to be a threat to liberal democracy, others have argued that po...
While some consider populist parties to be a threat to liberal democracy, others have argued that po...
Der Beitrag analysiert die Wahlergebnisse der populistischen Parteien bei den Europa-wahlen 2019 und...
This thesis seeks to empirically explain the rise of populism in advanced democracies. We focus our ...
Populist appeals to ‘pure people’ have been theorised to mobilise previously disengaged citizens. Ho...
In this paper we attempt to explain the evolution of the vote share and the number of populist part...
Does the populist radical right benefit from increased electoral mobilization? Integrating theories ...
This article assesses the influence of populist parties on two central aspects of democracy – partic...
Does declining voter turnout harm center-left parties? Although this is what many observers believe,...
"An election outcome reflects institutional, behavioural and attitudinal influences. We set out a mo...
The current surge of populism in Europe and the United States calls for further analysis using publi...
We investigated whether income gaps in voting turnout vary with country-level economic inequality, a...
In this article, we ask whether the presence of populist parties influences the negative effect of i...
In this paper, we investigate whether income inequality negatively affects voter turnout. Despite so...
The presence and popularity of populist parties – right-wing in the US, radical right in the EU – ra...
While some consider populist parties to be a threat to liberal democracy, others have argued that po...
While some consider populist parties to be a threat to liberal democracy, others have argued that po...
Der Beitrag analysiert die Wahlergebnisse der populistischen Parteien bei den Europa-wahlen 2019 und...
This thesis seeks to empirically explain the rise of populism in advanced democracies. We focus our ...
Populist appeals to ‘pure people’ have been theorised to mobilise previously disengaged citizens. Ho...
In this paper we attempt to explain the evolution of the vote share and the number of populist part...
Does the populist radical right benefit from increased electoral mobilization? Integrating theories ...
This article assesses the influence of populist parties on two central aspects of democracy – partic...
Does declining voter turnout harm center-left parties? Although this is what many observers believe,...
"An election outcome reflects institutional, behavioural and attitudinal influences. We set out a mo...
The current surge of populism in Europe and the United States calls for further analysis using publi...
We investigated whether income gaps in voting turnout vary with country-level economic inequality, a...