European support for populist beliefs falls, YouGov survey suggests

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Source: The Guardian

European support for populist beliefs falls, YouGov survey suggests

Survey showed a decline in populist tendencies during 2020 in all eight European countries surveyed

Jon Henley and Pamela Duncan
Mon 26 Oct 2020 12.08 GMT

Support for populist beliefs in Europe has fallen markedly over the past year, a major YouGov survey suggests, with significantly fewer people across a range of countries likely to agree with key statements designed to measure it.

The YouGov-Cambridge Globalism Project, a survey of about 26,000 people in 25 countries designed with the Guardian, showed a more or less steep decline in populist tendencies in 2020 in all eight of the European countries also surveyed last year.

Political scientists expressed surprise at the size of the fall but said since the main reasons for it were most likely related to the coronavirus pandemic, support for populist beliefs could recover as the focus of the crisis becomes more economic.

“You could think of the virus like a volcano,” said Matthijs Rooduijn, a political sociologist at the University of Amsterdam and expert on populism. “It has hit populism hard, but it will leave behind fertile ground for the future.”

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/26/european-support-for-populist-beliefs-falls-yougov-survey-suggests

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1. Perhaps with Morons like trump in office, maybe this could be considered why such viewpoints have...

dropped in popularity? Not everybody is wanting to die for their idiotic beliefs, etc. (covid is fake, etc. type of beliefs)...however, if they want to die, they should be allowed to, as long as they don't interfere w/ anyone else's beliefs too.