Individual and contextual characteristics of the German extreme Right–Wing vote in the 1990s. A test of complementary theories

Abstract

In this article we set out to improve our knowledge on voting for extreme right-wing parties, i.e. the Republikaner, by taking into account social, political and contextual characteristics. We test four theories that provide explanations as to why certain social categories are more likely to vote for the Republikaner. The hypotheses are tested with multilevel analyses, with data from a national sample (N = 4688). Multinomial analyses provide additional information on how theoretically derived political attitudes effect voting behaviour.

Owning the issues of crime and immigration: The relation between immigration and crime news and anti-immigrant voting in 11 countries

“…Lubbers and Scheepers (2000) studied the role of attitudinal dispositions in voting for the German antiimmigrant party the Republicans. They found that perceiving 'law and order' as important positively relates to voting for the Republicans.…”

Does Immigration Into Their Neighborhoods Incline Voters Toward the Extreme Right? The Case of the Freedom Party of Austria

“…The only exception we are aware of is a study by Gerdes and Wadensjö (2008), examining potential causal e↵ects of asylum seekers from outside Europe and the OECD on voting in Denmark. 6 For studies on attitudes towards immigration see Card, Dustmann, and Preston (2012); Preston (2004, 2007); Facchini and Mayda (2009);Hainmueller andHiscox (2007, 2010); Krishnakumar and Müller (2012); O'Rourke and Sinnott (2006); Scheve and Slaughter (2001). For studies related to preferences for political parties, see Citrin, Green, Muste, and Wong (1997); Dülmer and Klein (2005); Knigge (1998);Lubbers and Scheepers (2000).…”

Paro y voto: ¿afecta al voto la experiencia de desempleo?

“…Finalmente, en la literatura hay referencias a efectos del paro que no se pueden reducir a los modelos de castigo/recompensa o de voto orientado a políticas; por ejemplo, cuando se sostiene que los parados tienden a la radicalización ideológica y electoral (Kornhauser, 1960;Clark, 1985;De Witte, 1992) (Banks y Ullah, 1987;Gallie, 1993;Corbetta y Colloca, 2013) o están sobrerrepresentados en el electorado de algunos partidos de extrema derecha o ajenos al establisment (Lubbers y Scheepers, 2000Mughan et al, 2003). En definitiva, la investigación sobre voto económico no ha producido generalizaciones empíricas sólidas sobre la relación entre experiencia de desempleo y voto, sino tan solo hipótesis tentativas que poner a prueba en nuevos contextos.…”