Anti-church and pro-abortion stances, not economics, best predicted support for Poland’s ex-communists

Evidence

Party supporters remained steadfastly secular, and far more so than the rest of the electorate – in fact, the most powerful predictor of SdRP support was its pro-abortion and anti-Church stances (see Appendix B). … Not surprisingly, party supporters were also more likely to oppose decommunization. — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past, 860

Categorization

• XREF: Feeds the reader’s question about what sustains successor-party solidarity once the founding communist threat is gone — here it is replaced by an anti-clerical enemy. — connects to: Polish communists tacitly tolerated members practicing religion and opposing the party — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past: The…, 259; A church’s clumsy political overreach handed Polish social democrats a winning issue — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past: The…, 903

Broader Connections

• A church’s clumsy political overreach handed Polish social democrats a winning issue #corroborates (0.75) — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past, 903