Health and Populism: A longitudinal study of individual health and support for populism over three decades

• In Event: Health, Health Policy, and Public Opinion

Brief Overview

Using three decades of longitudinal data in the United Kingdom, we find that declines in self-reported health increase populist attitudes, support for populist parties, and support for Brexit.

Authors

• Nolan Matthew Kavanagh, Harvard University

• Anil Menon, University of California-Merced