Populist radical right party representation and satisfaction with democracy in Europe
研究了1973至2020年间欧洲民粹主义激进右翼政党进入政府如何影响公民的民主满意度，发现其参与政府能提升满意度，不仅惠及其选民，也惠及保守派和基督教民主党选民。
This paper examines how political representation of the populist radical right (PRR) in Europe affects citizens’ satisfaction with democracy. Earlier research provides conflicting expectations: Some studies view PRR parties as vehicles of discontent, others as correctives to the waning representational function of mainstream parties. To examine the short- and long-term effects of PRR representation on political support, we apply recent panel-data methods to a dataset on PRR representation and satisfaction with democracy in Europe spanning five decades (1973–2020). The analysis shows that PRR inclusion in government has a positive effect on satisfaction with democracy. Additional individual-level analyses, using 11 rounds of the European Social Survey reveal that the positive net effect of PRR inclusion stems from rising satisfaction not only among PRR voters but also among conservatives and Christian democrats, while having no significant negative impact on most left-leaning voters.