<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Populist, especially far-right populist, parties have gained votes in recent elections across Europe recently. This observation is true for Poland as well. The far-right populist party Law and Justice (PiS, Prawo i Sprawiedliwość) won the parliamentary election in 2015. Next to the well-known nativist and populist messages, PiS promoted a social policy: the Family 500+ programme. Did this programme attract voters? The findings of this study lend reason to answer the question in the affirmative. The inclusion of social policies usually associated with left-wing parties might hence be a path to be explored by other far-right populist parties as well.</p></abstract>

Populist, especially far-right populist, parties have gained votes in recent elections across Europe recently. This observation is true for Poland as well. The far-right populist party Law and Justice (PiS, Prawo i Sprawiedliwość) won the parliamentary election in 2015. Next to the well-known nativist and populist messages, PiS promoted a social policy: the Family 500+ programme. Did this programme attract voters? The findings of this study lend reason to answer the question in the affirmative. The inclusion of social policies usually associated with left-wing parties might hence be a path to be explored by other far-right populist parties as well.

Voting PiS: Voting Left when Voting Far-Right Populist?

Polish Political Science Review

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Populist, especially far-right populist, parties have gained votes in recent elections across Europe recently. This observation is true for Poland as well. The...

Voting PiS: Voting Left when Voting Far-Right Populist?

Published Online: Jul 20, 2020

Page range: 87 - 99

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ppsr-2020-0006

Keywords
PiS, voting behaviour, social policy, far-right, populism

© 2020 Pascal Siemsen, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Voting PiS: Voting Left when Voting Far-Right Populist?

Published Online: Jul 20, 2020

Page range: 87 - 99

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ppsr-2020-0006

KeywordsPiS, voting behaviour, social policy, far-right, populism

© 2020 Pascal Siemsen, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
PiS, voting behaviour, social policy, far-right, populism