Populist politicians do not make people more populist: Evidence from a representative video-vignette survey experiment

• In Event: Political Communication of Populism

Brief Overview

Does populist rhetoric drive support for populism? Using a video-vignette survey experiment, we find that populist rhetoric does not impact this support, regardless of citizens' predisposition toward this rhetoric or the politician’s background.

Authors

• Kjell Noordzij, Erasmus University Rotterdam

• Willem De Koster, Erasmus University Rotterdam

• Jeroen van der Waal, Erasmus University Rotterdam