Not only a territorial matter: The electoral surge of VOX and the anti-libertarian reaction

Ramis-Moyano, Rodrigo; Pasadas‐del‐Amo, Sara; Font, Joan Nogué i

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“…The party also vocally stands against gender quotas or abortion (Alonso and Espinosa-Fajardo, 2021;Cabezas, 2022). There is also convincing evidence that antifeminist and sexist attitudes were key to explaining vote choice for VOX both in the regional 2018 Andalusian elections and 2019 general Elections in Spain (Anduiza and Rico, 2022;Ramis-Moyano et al, 2023).…”

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Masculinity, sexism and populist radical right support

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IntroductionThe gender gap in populist radical right voting—with women being less likely to support populist radical right parties than men—is well-established. Much less is known about the interplay between gender, masculinity and populist radical right voting. This study investigates the extent to which masculinity affects women and men's likelihood of supporting populist radical right parties. Focusing on sexism as a link between masculinity and populist radical right support, we put forward two mechanisms that operate at once: a mediating effect of sexism (sexism explains the association between masculinity and populist radical right voting) and a moderating effect of sexism (the impact of masculinity is stronger among citizens scoring high on sexism compared with citizens with low levels of sexist attitudes).MethodsWe draw on an original dataset collected in Spain at the end of 2020 to investigate support for the Spanish populist radical right party VOX.ResultsWe find support for hypothesized mechanisms, mediation and moderation, chiefly among men. First, sexism explains about half of the link between masculinity and populist radical right support for this group, confirming the hypothesized mediation effect. Second, masculinity has a significantly stronger impact on the likelihood of supporting VOX among men scoring high on sexism, which in turn substantiates the presence of a moderation effect.DiscussionExisting research so far has examined the empirical connections between how individuals perceive their levels of masculinity, sexism, and PRR voting separately. Our study offers a first step in unpacking the relationship between masculinity and PRR support by focusing specifically on how sexism relates to both these variables.

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Masculinity, sexism and populist radical right support

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Political and Psychological Processes Contributing to European Populisms of the Left and Right

Rivera Pichardo,

Custodi,

Jost

2024

Palgrave Studies in Political Psychology

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The Role of Organizational Institutionalization in Electoral Sustainability. A Comparative Analysis of the Spanish Far Right: Fuerza Nueva and VOX

Ortiz Barquero,

González-Fernández,

Ruiz Jiménez

2023

Soc. sci. hist.

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This article focuses on the most relevant far right parties since the restoration of democracy in Spain, namely, Fuerza Nueva and VOX. These two parties show divergent electoral trajectories. While the former had some ephemeral prominence during the democratic process of transition, the latter emerged in 2018 and, for the time being, seems to have become established in several political arenas. Through an in-depth qualitative examination, this research explores the role of the organizational institutionalization process in the divergent electoral sustainability of both parties. The results show that it is possible to identify a temporal link, as well as certain mechanisms, between the way in which the parties develop organizationally and their electoral sustainability. In other words, a solid organizational institutionalization process has a positive effect on electoral sustainability. Overall, these findings suggest the need to further strengthen the so-called “internalist perspective” in the agenda of the far right, which entails a more systematic view of the characteristics of the parties themselves to explain their performance.

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Not only a territorial matter: The electoral surge of VOX and the anti-libertarian reaction

Cited by 4 publications

References 51 publications

Masculinity, sexism and populist radical right support

Masculinity, sexism and populist radical right support

Political and Psychological Processes Contributing to European Populisms of the Left and Right

The Role of Organizational Institutionalization in Electoral Sustainability. A Comparative Analysis of the Spanish Far Right: Fuerza Nueva and VOX

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