RT Journal Article
T1 Populist attitudes and vote for the radical right. A comparative analysis of five West European countries
A1 Ramos-González, Jorge
A1 Ortiz Barquero, Pablo
A1 Llamazares, Iván
K1 Radical right
K1 Populist attitudes
K1 Electoral behaviour
K1 Europe
AB In recent decades, radical right-wing parties have gained significant prominence in Europe, attracting considerable academic attention. The electoral support for these parties has been linked to ideological principles such as nativism, authoritarianism, and populism. However, the connection between populist attitudes and voting for the radical right has been insufficiently addressed, either due to the lack of available empirical material or because populism has been taken for granted within this party family. To fill this gap this paper analyses the role of populist attitudes in the electoral support for the radical right in five West European countries (France, Spain, Italy, Portugal, and Germany). The results reveal that, with the exception of Italy, populist attitudes play a significant role in the explanation of voting for the radical right. They also confirm the importance of nationalism in general and nativist attitudes in particular. By contrast, other orientations play a minor and often inconsistent across-countries role in the decision to vote for the radical right.
PB Taylor and Francis
YR 2025
FD 2025-08-11
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10433/26193
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10433/26193
LA en
NO European Politics and Society, 26(3), 723-740
NO Departamento de Sociología, Universidad Pablo de Olavide
NO Área de Ciencia Política y de la Administración, Departamento de Derecho Públicio, Universidad de Salamanca
DS RIO
RD Apr 23, 2026