Where does right-wing populism succeed sub-nationally? Explaining regional variation within France

While many scholars have studied how right-wing populist parties (RWPP) have recently increased their vote shares in national elections in many countries, fewer studies have assessed why some sub-national regions favor RWPP more than others. Addressing this gap in the literature, we analyze regional...

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Main Authors: BIN ZAID, Hamzah, JOSHI, Devin K.
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spelling sg-smu-ink.soss_research-40462021-05-17T07:00:15Z Where does right-wing populism succeed sub-nationally? Explaining regional variation within France BIN ZAID, Hamzah JOSHI, Devin K. While many scholars have studied how right-wing populist parties (RWPP) have recently increased their vote shares in national elections in many countries, fewer studies have assessed why some sub-national regions favor RWPP more than others. Addressing this gap in the literature, we analyze regional variation in voter support for one of Europe’s most successful RWPP, the Front National (FN) Party of France which recently made it to the second round of France’s 2017 presidential elections. Our research design examines electoral results across French regions between 1992 and 2017 through the lens of four case studies analyzing regions where the FN has been consistently popular, gained in popularity, declined in popularity, and been consistently unpopular. Comparing these diverse regional cases, our study concludes that regional unemployment, urban support, and to a lesser degree past voting behavior are significant demand-side factors behind regional voting for right wing populism. 2018-01-01T08:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2789 info:doi/10.1163/25888072-00001011 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4046/viewcontent/POP_Regional_Variation_and_Populism_in_France__2018__av.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Research Collection School of Social Sciences eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Political Science
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BIN ZAID, Hamzah
JOSHI, Devin K.
Where does right-wing populism succeed sub-nationally? Explaining regional variation within France
description While many scholars have studied how right-wing populist parties (RWPP) have recently increased their vote shares in national elections in many countries, fewer studies have assessed why some sub-national regions favor RWPP more than others. Addressing this gap in the literature, we analyze regional variation in voter support for one of Europe’s most successful RWPP, the Front National (FN) Party of France which recently made it to the second round of France’s 2017 presidential elections. Our research design examines electoral results across French regions between 1992 and 2017 through the lens of four case studies analyzing regions where the FN has been consistently popular, gained in popularity, declined in popularity, and been consistently unpopular. Comparing these diverse regional cases, our study concludes that regional unemployment, urban support, and to a lesser degree past voting behavior are significant demand-side factors behind regional voting for right wing populism.
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author BIN ZAID, Hamzah
JOSHI, Devin K.
author_facet BIN ZAID, Hamzah
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title Where does right-wing populism succeed sub-nationally? Explaining regional variation within France
title_short Where does right-wing populism succeed sub-nationally? Explaining regional variation within France
title_full Where does right-wing populism succeed sub-nationally? Explaining regional variation within France
title_fullStr Where does right-wing populism succeed sub-nationally? Explaining regional variation within France
title_full_unstemmed Where does right-wing populism succeed sub-nationally? Explaining regional variation within France
title_sort where does right-wing populism succeed sub-nationally? explaining regional variation within france
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2018
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2789
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