Why do Parties Lack Legitimacy? Explaining Trust in Political Parties in Europe

• In Event: Establishment and Outsider Parties

Brief Overview

Combining individual-level survey data with expert placements of political parties from across Europe and over time, we show that higher party-voter ideological congruence increases trust in political parties.

Authors

• Ann-Kristin Kölln, Aarhus University

• Danielle May, Aarhus University