Negative identification against radical-right parties can raise democratic satisfaction.
Evidence
We find substantial significant effect sizes of about − 0.5 scale points for the most disliked party in the models including the interaction between NPI and having a NPI with a populist radical right party (M1b and M2b), both in Italy and Germany. … Furthermore, having a NPI towards a populist radical right party relates to greater democratic satisfaction in the models without the interaction (M1a and M2a). Those having an NPI with the AfD in Germany or Fratelli d’Italia or Lega in Italy show higher levels of democratic satisfaction. … When we look at the moderating effect of NPI with a PRR on the relationship between NPI and democratic satisfaction (M1b and M2b) that indeed that a NPI with a PRR, compared to negative identifiers with other party families, relates significantly much more positive to democratic satisfaction in Germany, supporting Hypothesis 2b. However, we do not find such an effect in Italy. — Sabrina J. Mayer and Luana Russo, What one is not, 96
However, a distinction needs to be made among those holding an NPI towards a PRR, and those who hold an NPI towards another party family, as they entail different con siderations. Thus, we expect that NPI should in general relate negatively to satisfaction with democracy (Hypothesis 2a), however, for those having a NPI towards a PRR we expect the relation to be less negative (Hypothesis 2b). — Sabrina J. Mayer and Luana Russo, What one is not, 30
Categorization
- XREF: A concrete instantiation of the We-They Engine notion that a salient enemy consolidates the in-group — here, voters who define themselves against the AfD feel more satisfied with democracy. — connects to: Partisanship differs from ascribed identities since it is voluntary and party-dependent. — Sabrina J. Mayer and Luana Russo, What one is not: a new scale to measure…, 53; A parsimonious NPI measure suitable to multiparty systems is feasible. — Sabrina J. Mayer and Luana Russo, What one is not: a new scale to measure…, 40; Negative campaigns spur voter deliberation while positive ones merely mobilize
- QUESTION: Why does the moderating effect hold in Germany but not Italy? The asymmetry (AfD vs Fratelli d’Italia/Lega) is unexplained in this excerpt.
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Sabrina J. Mayer and Luana Russo, What one is not: a new scale to measure…, 96; Sabrina J. Mayer and Luana Russo, What one is not: a new scale to measure…, 30
Related
- Negative party identity lowers democratic satisfaction except toward far-right parties (similarity 0.93)
- A parsimonious NPI measure suitable to multiparty systems is feasible. (similarity 0.80)
- Measurements previously conflated negative party identification with affective polarization. (similarity 0.80)
- Sabrina J. Mayer and Luana Russo — What one is not a new scale to measure Negative Party Identity in multiparty systems (similarity 0.78)