A5054778136- Populism, Right-Wing Movements
- Electoral Systems and Political Participation
- Social Media and Politics
- Media Influence and Politics
Central European University
2021-2025
The election of Donald Trump in 2016 has often been characterized as part a larger populist wave sweeping Western democracies. However, claims about populism’s pervasiveness lack empirical support, particularly at the subnational level. This research note introduces US Governors Populism Database (USGPD), providing first quantitative measures rhetoric among state-level officials United States. Analyzing 400 speeches from 100 governor terms across all 50 states, we find that political system...
Previous research has shown that more democratic countries suffered greater COVID-19 deaths per capita and implemented policy measures were less effective at reducing than in the early stages of pandemic (Cepaluni et al. 2020, Cheibub 2020). But to what extent is this "autocratic advantage" driven by populist governments democracies? This chapter presents new evidence documented effect not subset democracies have governments. While across entire sample, populism associated with a death toll...