Never Mind, I’ll Find Someone Like Me: Exploring the Relationship between Perceived Representation and Populist Attitudes

• In Event: Democracy, Representation, and Public Goods Provision

Brief Overview

Theories suggest that populism comes from perceived representation gaps between mainstream parties and voters. We use an experiment to test if perceptions of representation failure in Germany increase support for populists and populist attitudes.

Authors

• Bruno de Paula Castanho e Silva, University of Cologne

• Christopher Wratil, Harvard University