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October 22, 2026

๐Ÿ”ฎ The inevitable social conservatism of the radical right

Christian Kloetzer The theory of cultural backlash argues that opposition to progressive politics has given us the populist radical right. Christian Kloetzer writes that we may have turn this logic on its head. The electorates of this party family are not consistently socially conservative. But as the German state elections in Saxony-Anhalt show, the radical right's countercultural assault increasingly channels a comprehensive rejection of all facets of cultural liberalism Read more
October 7, 2021

Religion still counts at the ballot box โ€“ and that wonโ€™t change any time soon

Raul Gomez Decades of secularisation have not done away with the influence of religion on party choice in Western Europe. To understand this, argues Raul Gomez, we need to look at how parties mobilised religion in the past, and how that still lingers among voters today Read more

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