Donald Trump and right-wing populists in comparative perspective |
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| Authors: | Todd Donovan David Redlawsk |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Political Science, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, USAtodd.donovan@wwu.edu;3. Department of Political Science, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA |
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| Abstract: | ABSTRACTWe compare sources of Donald Trump’s appeal in the 2016 US presidential campaign to the appeal of right-populists from Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the UK. We compare the appeal of right-populist to center-right candidates in each case (as measured with feeling thermometers) and test hypotheses about how the appeal of right-populists differs from that of center-right candidates. Standard predictors of affect toward right-of-center candidates were generally less relevant as a basis of affect toward right-populist candidates. This comparative perspective demonstrates that Trump’s appeal was based on racial resentment, anti-immigration sentiments and anxiety. Affect toward Trump and other right-populists from these Anglo-democracies fits patterns previously observed in Europe, a pattern that appears to be world-wide. |
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