The rise of populism and the collapse of the left-right paradigm

Yann Algan, Martial Foucault (martial.foucault@sciencespo.fr), Daniel Cohen and Elizabeth Beasley (elizabeth.beasley@cepremap.org)
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Abstract: We examine the dislocation from the traditional left-right political axis in the 2017 French election, analyze support for populist movements and show that subjective variables are key to understanding it. Votes on the traditional left-right axis are correlated to ideology concerning redistribution, and predicted by socio-economic variables such as income and social status. Votes on the new diagonal opposing "open vs closed society" are predicted by individual and subjective variables. More specifically, low well-being predicts anti-system opinions (from the left or from the right) while low interpersonal trust (ITP) predicts right-wing populism.

Keywords: French presidential election; Populism; Election présidentielle; Populisme (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-08
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