Crime and Far-Right Voting: Evidence from Denmark

• In Event: Minor Parties and Ideological Factions

Brief Overview

By analyzing individual- and voting precinct-level data, we show that street crime in Denmark increases vote share for far-right parties. We also show that far-right party advertisements emphasize the link between immigration and crime.

Authors

• Rebecca Sarah Goldstein, University of California-Berkeley

• Katarina Jensen, University of California-Berkeley

• Jens Olav Dahlgaard, Copenhagen Business School