Submitted by Livia Harriman on Fri, 28/01/2022 - 10:43
Support for populist parties and politicians, and agreement with populist sentiment, has fallen amid the pandemic, according to a “mega-dataset” taking in the attitudes of over half a million people across 109 countries.
A University of Cambridge team say there are clear signs of a turning tide for the “populist wave”, as the mishandling of coronavirus by populist leaders – along with a desire for stability and a decline in “polarising” attitudes as a result of the pandemic – starts to move public opinion.
There is strong evidence that the pandemic has severely blunted the rise of populism
Dr Roberto Foa
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