Immigration and Political Party Positioning in Europe

• In Event: The Political Challenges of Migration and Immigration in Europe

Brief Overview

We use CHES data from 2006-2019 to show that a party's immigration position outperforms any other single issue indicator in predicting where a party stands on the economic left-right, GAL-TAN, and EU dimensions.

Authors

• Dave A. Armstrong, Western University

• Ryan Bakker, University of Essex

• Seth Jolly, Syracuse University

• Jonathan Polk, University of Gothenburg