Do Parties Make People Consistent? The Effect of Polarization and Anti-Elite Rhetoric on Voters’ Opinion Constraint in Europe

• In Event: Elite Cues, Issue Framing, and Public Opinion

Brief Overview

By focusing on the European case, this paper tests whether polarization over the left/right dimension and parties’ emphasis on anti-elite rhetoric undermine voters’ opinion constraint. Analyses rely on the 2019 European Election Studies.

Author

• Marta Gallina, Catholic University of Louvain