Evans, J orcid.org/0000-0001-8335-9630 and Ivaldi, G (2021) Contextual effects of immigrant presence on populist radical right support: testing the ‘halo effect’ on Front National voting in France. Comparative Political Studies, 54 (5). pp. 823-854. ISSN 0010-4140
Abstract
This paper examines the relationship between immigration and populist radical right (PRR) support, based on an analysis of the contextual effects of immigrant presence on Front National vote in France in 2017. Using a unique set of survey data geolocalising respondents at the subcommunal level, it finds evidence for the existence of a curvilinear “halo effect,” with substantial increases in the probability of PRR vote in areas surrounding communities with significantly higher-than-average immigrant populations, and independent of other socio-economic context, as well as individual socio-demographic characteristics. Most importantly, a path analysis confirms the presence of individual attitudinal mediators of this halo effect on PRR vote, thus testing the foundation of the halo, namely that the contextual effects of immigrant presence act on attitudes which drive PRR support. These findings provide a significant step forward in understanding the mechanisms linking subjective experience of immigration with voting for the populist radical right.
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Keywords: | immigration, socioeconomic context, radical right vote, France, halo effect |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Politics & International Studies (POLIS) (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council) ES/N018745/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 15 Jul 2020 15:04 |
Last Modified: | 21 Nov 2022 09:47 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/0010414020957677 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:163263 |