Political Sophistication and Populist Party Support The Case of PTB-PVDA and VB in the 2019 Belgian Elections
In this article, we investigate the moderating role of political sophistication on the vote for populist parties in Belgium. Building on the literature about the diverse determinants of populist party support, we investigate whether issue considerations and populism-related motivations play a bigger role in the electoral calculus of politically sophisticated voters. Using data from the 2019 general elections in Belgium, we focus on the cases of Vlaams Belang (VB) and Parti du Travail de Belgique- Partij van de Arbeid (PTB-PVDA). We find evidence suggesting that political sophistication enhance... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2020 |
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Elsevier
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Schlagwörter: | populist voters / political sophistication / voting motivations / Belgium / elections |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27302242 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/236677 |