Income change and sympathy for right-wing populist parties in the Netherlands: The role of gender and income inequality within households.

ABSTRACT: The global rise of right-wing populist [RWP] parties presents a major political concern. RWP parties' voters tend to be citizens who have either experienced or fear economic deprivation. Income change constitutes a viable measure of this deprivation. However, previous contributions examining effects of income change on support for RWP parties have yielded diverging conclusions. This paper challenges previous findings by incorporating considerations of gender and within-household inequality. We hypothesise a negative relationship between, on the one hand, personal and household income change and, on the other hand, sympathy towards RWP parties. Furthermore, we expect to find a stronger association between personal income change and RWP sympathy among men. Moreover, we expect the relationshi

SUBMITTER: Roll Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11617811 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature