Populism and policy: a spatial analysis of La République En Marche in the 2017 French election

• In Event: Identities in Competition: The New Populism & European Migration

Brief Overview

I combine existing work on the economic platforms of French parties with a novel measure of populism to claim that La République En Marche was able to take advantage of the Republicans rightward shift and stake out a viable electoral position.

Author

• Angelica Marisa Littlefield, Francis Marion University