Board #36 - Reactions of Mainstream Parties to their Populist Opponents: Evidence from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland

• In Event: 87-301 - Poster Session: Democratic Backsliding, Populism and the Rise of the Right

Brief Overview

This paper examines the responses of mainstream political parties to their populist opponents by drawing on rhetoric by party officials, manifesto data, publicly released statements as well as campaign platforms in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.

Author

• Abigail Jacobs, Butler University