From Chianti to the Apennines: The fall of the left‐wing parties' predominance in Tuscany

Abstract

We carried out an analysis of political and electoral changes of left‐wing parties which occurred in the last general election in Tuscany. The social environment in Tuscany historically supported leftist values. This social tissue, deep‐rooted in territory, represented the milieu in which grew up: on the one hand a leftist political culture and, on the other, an economic culture based on co‐operative firms. These two factors reinforced each other representing the basis of left electoral prevalence. The strong decrease of left is caused by different factors such as the erosion of old social values and the unresolved effects of economic crisis.

Voting and the rise of populism: Spatial perspectives and applications across Europe

“…The final contribution of Truglia and Zeli (2021) provides a different angle. They focus on the fall of left‐wing parties, particularly the Partito Democratico (PD), in the last eight general elections in Tuscany—a region that has historically had a more democratic stronghold with a leftist political culture along with an economic culture based prevalently on co‐operative small business.…”