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Why do immigrants support an anti-immigrant party? : Russian-Germans and the Alternative for Germany
Mayer, Sabrina Jasmin; Elis, Jonas; Spies, Dennis Christopher; u. a. (2023): Why do immigrants support an anti-immigrant party? : Russian-Germans and the Alternative for Germany, in: West European Politics, Basingstoke [u.a.]: Routledge, Taylor & Francis, Jg. 46, Nr. 2, S. 275–299, doi: 10.1080/01402382.2022.2047544.
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Title of the Journal:
West European Politics
ISSN:
1743-9655
0140-2382
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Year of publication:
2023
Volume:
46
Issue:
2
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Language:
English
Abstract:
By reaching a vote share of 12.6 percent in the 2017 federal election, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) ended Germany’s rare status as a Western European polity lacking a significant Populist Radical Right Party (PRRP). Some of this support comes from a group not usually expected to vote for PRRPs: immigrant-origin voters. Recent survey data shows high levels of support for the AfD especially within the group of Russian-Germans – immigrants from the former Soviet Union and its successor states. What motivates these immigrant-origin voters to support an anti-immigrant party? This article argues that support for the AfD – besides immigration-related preferences – can be best explained by their levels of assimilation or incorporation for different domains regarding the mainstream German society. Especially low levels of economic and social integration, and in particular a strong ethnic identity, relate positively to favouring the German radical right.
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Russlanddeutsche
Wahlverhalten
Alternative für Deutschland
Bundestagswahl
Geschichte 2017
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Germany
immigrants
Right Populist Party
integration
election
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Article
Activation date:
July 7, 2022
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