Immigration and Anti-Politics: Media Cues, Political Attitudes, and Support for Far-Right Parties

The rise of far-right populist parties across Europe prompts investigation into the causes and mechanisms underlying why people vote for such parties. Identity concerns have traditionally been identified as important antecedents of far-right party support. More recently, however, generally anti-political sentiments are also prominent in the discourse. This project tests these ideas against, and in combination with, each other: First, to what extent does a media message cueing immigration, versus and in combination with anti-politics cues, boost support among voters for far-right populist parties? Does the effect depend on the invoked immigrant group?  Do these effects hold even when the party in question is not mentioned in the message? We explore these questions experimentally, with a national sample, using both explicit, self-report measures and implicit associative measures.