Post-industrial alignment and class support for radical left parties in Southern Europe

José Pedro Lopes

South European Society and Politics, 2023, vol. 28, issue 4, 389-413

Abstract: Focusing on Southern Europe during the sharp electoral rise of radical left parties (RLPs) (2008–2020), this article identifies a post-industrial pattern of class support for the radical left. Leveraging survey data, it shows class support for the radical left is linked to a horizontal distinction in the labour market based on work logic. RLPs attract mostly those working in face-to-face service jobs, lower-grade associate professionals voting based on cultural and economic preferences, and unskilled routine workers voting out of economic preferences. Radical left support in post-industrial Southern Europe is thus stronger among service workers and segments of the professional middle classes than among production workers.

Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1080/13608746.2024.2359825

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