How Socially Liberal Are European Left Voters On Issues That Concern Muslims?

This project uses recent public opinion data from Germany, France, and the Netherlands to evaluate how self-identified “left” voters perceive Muslims and other minorities, and the policy issues that pertain to these communities.  While we might expect native, working-class left supporters to be averse to these topics, this project shows that left voter attitudes towards minorities vary considerably, even among individuals who identify as “progressives.”  This project conducts both within and cross-country analyses and evaluates how different individual-level factors, such as education, employment, age, and gender affect how left-leaning Europeans view different religious and ethnic minority groups.  It also evaluates how these perceptions vary among individuals who support Social Democrats, Greens, and far-left political parties.