Economic Factors Determining the Electoral Success of Far-Right and Far-Left Parties in the EU Countries
Economic Factors Determining the Electoral Success of Far-Right and Far-Left Parties in the EU Countries
Author(s): Jitka Doležalová, Vlastimil Havlík, Antonín Slaný, Petra VejvodováSubject(s): Supranational / Global Economy, Economic policy, Political economy, Economic development, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment, Sociology of Politics
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: economic growth; election; far-left party; far-right party; inflation; unemployment;
Summary/Abstract: The recent electoral success of far-right and far-left parties is often considered to be a side effect of the economic crisis. This article aims to determine the degree to which the downturn in economic performance helped to increase the vote share of these parties. The research includes a set of 23 EU member states from the period 1995 to 2012, and finds that poor economic performance significantly determined the vote share of the far-left. Among the indicators influencing the far-left electorate were mainly changes in the GDP and unemployment rate. The research does not find any correlation between the far-rights vote share and the development of macroeconomic indicators.
Journal: Society and Economy. In Central and Eastern Europe ǀ Journal of the Corvinus University of Budapest
- Issue Year: 39/2017
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 27-48
- Page Count: 22
- Language: English
