Populist Parties and Voters in Comparative Perspective

Session Submission Type: Full Paper Panel

Session Description

The papers in this panel draw on new original survey data to examine the bases of political support for populist parties.
Bethany Lacina examines the sources of the affinity of white voters for right-wing populist candidates in the United States, showing that the most important source of status threat of these voters originates in popular culture. Gest, Reny and Soboloweska examine the determinants of populist attitudes in 19 European countries, clarifying the core definitional questions about populist attitudes. Mares and Bracic draw on survey-based experiments fielded in Hungary to understand whether the populist propaganda of the Orban government is effective in swaying the preferences of Hungarian voters in support of legislation weakening democratic institutions.

Sub Unit

• Division 11: Comparative Politics

Individual Presentations

• Populism and White Status Anxiety in the United States - Bethany Lacina, University of Rochester

• Populist Propaganda in Hybrid Regimes: Does it Work? - Isabela Mares, Yale University; Ana Bracic, Michigan State University

Chair

• Noam Gidron Hebrew University

Discussant

• Noam Gidron Hebrew University