More Negative, More Emotional? Emotional Rhetoric Among Political Elites Across Time

• In Event: Right-Wing Party Strategies in European Politics

Brief Overview

Studying leader speeches and parliamentary debates we theorize and test why politicians appeal to the emotions of their voters and competitors

Authors

• Christian Pipal, University of Amsterdam

• Gijs Schumacher, University of Amsterdam

• Mariken van der Velden, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

• Bert Nico Bakker, University of Amsterdam