The dynamics of radical right-wing populist party preferences and perceived group threat: A comparative panel analysis of three competing hypotheses …

2014

Existing cross-sectional research considers citizens' preferences for radical right-wing populist (RRP) parties to be centrally driven by their perception that immigrants threaten the well-being of the national ingroup. However, longitudinal evidence for this relationship is largely missing. To remedy this gap in the literature, we developed three competing hypotheses to investigate: (a) whether perceived group threat is temporally prior to RRP party preferences, (b) whether RRP party preferences are temporally prior to perceived group threat, or (c) whether the relation between perceived group threat and RRP party preferences is bidirectional. Based on multiwave panel data from the Netherl…

Contextual perceived group threat and radical right-wing populist party preferences: Evidence from Switzerland

2016

Existing studies suggest that perceived group threat is an important influence on radical right-wing populist party preferences. However, most have focused on perceived group threat at the individual level, overlooking the ideological climate. I examine how an ideological climate of group threat perception as a contextual factor can shape individual preferences for radical right-wing populist party preferences. I argue that above and beyond personal perceived group threat, the prevalence of local perceived group threat exerts a normative influence on personal preferences. Using voting preferences for the Swiss People’s Party, I employ multilevel structural equation modeling to examine the …

Economic conditions and populist radical right voting: The role of issue salience

2021

Contains fulltext : 245174.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access) In this article, we show with the European Election Study from nine Western European countries that issue salience of the economy and immigration contributes to our understanding of the puzzling relation between economic conditions and populist radical right support. In countries with relatively weak or worsening economic conditions, the economy is considered more salient, whereas immigration loses salience – also compared to other issues. Voters who perceive the economy as most important problem are less likely to opt for the populist radical right than people who perceive immigration or even other issues as most important…

How the Alternative for Germany (AfD) and their voters veered to the radical right, 2013–2017

2019

Abstract Until 2017, Germany was an exception to the success of radical right parties in postwar Europe. We provide new evidence for the transformation of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) to a radical right party drawing upon social media data. Further, we demonstrate that the AfD's electorate now matches the radical right template of other countries and that its trajectory mirrors the ideological shift of the party. Using data from the 2013 to 2017 series of German Longitudinal Elections Study (GLES) tracking polls, we employ multilevel modelling to test our argument on support for the AfD. We find the AfD's support now resembles the image of European radical right voters. Specifically, g…

Green Versus Radical Right as the New Political Divide? The European Parliament Election 2019 in Germany

2020

The Two Dimensions of Narcissistic Personality and Support for the Radical Right: The Role of Right–Wing Authoritarianism, Social Dominance Orientati…

2020

This paper offers an explanation of the link between grandiose narcissism and support for radical right parties. Drawing on representative data of the GESIS Panel ( N = 2827), focusing on support for the German radical right populist party Alternative for Germany in 2016 and treating grandiose narcissism as a two–dimensional concept, it is shown that the effects of grandiose narcissism are indirect rather than direct. The paper also reveals that it is mainly narcissistic rivalry that accounts for radical right party support, whereas narcissistic admiration has a protecting relationship. Finally, our results indicate that the indirect effects of narcissistic rivalry on radical right party s…

Attention Check Items and Instructions in Online Surveys: Boon or Bane for Data Quality?

2019

In this paper, we examine rates of careless responding and reactions to detection methods (i.e., attention check items and instructions) in an experimental setting based on two different samples. First, we use a quota sample (with monetary incentive), a central data source for internet-based surveys in sociological and political research. Second, we include a voluntary opt-in panel (without monetary incentive) well suited for conducting survey experiments (e.g., factorial surveys). Respondents’ reactions to the detection items are analyzed by objective, nonreactive indicators (i.e., break-off, item non-response, and measurement quality), and two self-report scales. Our reaction analyses rev…

Media Attention and Radical Right-Wing Populist Party Sympathy: Longitudinal Evidence From The Netherlands

2018

Contains fulltext : 201972.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Closed access) This contribution provides evidence for the sources of sympathies for radical right-wing populist (RRP) parties in a longitudinal perspective. We extend previous knowledge by evaluating the impact of media attention on individual changes of RRP party sympathies. To test our hypotheses, we use panel data from The Netherlands and combine it with information on the saliency of RRP parties and their issues in major Dutch newspapers. Drawing on multilevel structural equation models, our findings indicate that media attention positively affects changes in RRP party sympathies. Furthermore, we find that the effect of media atten…

Verbreitung und Entwicklung rechtsextremer Einstellungen in Ost- und Westdeutschland (Prevalence and Development of Right-Wing Extremist Attitudes in…

2020

German abstract: Vor dem Hintergrund einer gesellschaftspolitischen Polarisierung und dem Erstarken rechtspopulistischer Bewegungen und Parteien, ist eine Bestandsaufnahme rechtsextremer Einstellungen in der deutschen Bevolkerung hoch relevant und aktuell. Dieser Beitrag untersucht die Verbreitung und zeitliche Entwicklung rechtsextremer Einstellungen im Ost-West-Vergleich. Dazu prufen wir zunachst die Messinvarianz des multidimensionalen Einstellungskonstrukts, was die Voraussetzung fur einen Vergleich von Mittelwerten in Ost- und Westdeutschland sowie im Zeitverlauf darstellt. Daruber hinaus untersuchen wir die Rolle etablierter Einflussfaktoren und inwieweit sich entsprechende Variablenz…

Personality traits and public support of minority rights

2019

This study investigates how personality relates to citizens’ willingness to extend political, social, and cultural rights for minorities, including voting rights for immigrants, religious rights fo...

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2020

Supporting info item, per2228-sup-0001-Open_Practices_Disclosure_Form for The Two Dimensions of Narcissistic Personality and Support for the Radical Right: The Role of Right–Wing Authoritarianism, Social Dominance Orientation and Anti–Immigrant Sentiment by Mayer Sabrina J.,Berning Carl C., Johann David and Lönnqvist Jan–Erik in European Journal of Personality