Democratic Threat and Public Support for Opposition Coalitions: Evidence from a Multi-Country Experiment

• In Event: The Far Right and Democracy

Brief Overview

Opposition parties face a trade-off between appeasing their ideological base and building larger coalitions. We seek to understand the public opinion underpinnings of the popular front.

Authors

• Benjamin Yoel, Michigan State University

• Jeremy Price, Michigan State University

• Daniel Benenson Markovits, Columbia University

• Abhyudaya Tyagi, Columbia University