Voting for Populism? How ‘Populist’ Labels Affect Support for Candidates

• In Event: Voting for Populists and Autocrats: Understanding Support for Populist and Authoritarian Candidates

Brief Overview

I conduct a randomized experiment of 2100 respondents in the UK to measure the effect labeling a politician populist may have on their level of support, and importantly, if such effects are conditioned by the underlying ideology of the candidate.

Author

• Nicolas Bichay, Indiana University