Forskning:
Sosialdemokrater som imiterer høyrepopulister, mister progressive velgere uten å vinne nye.
Anti-innvandringsvelgere ser ikke retorikken som troverdig, og blir hos høyrepopulistiske partier.
Men populistenes verdier normalisers. Det er en langsiktig risiko for det progressive prosjektet.
Lars-Petter Helgestad
"We studied more than 70 different elections that took place in 12 western European countries over several decades, and found that when mainstream parties take more anti-immigration positions, it leads to more support for the radical right, not less."
Mimicking Farage on immigration is senseless. Labour voters feel betrayed; anti-immigration voters see through the ruse, say academics Tarik Abou-Chadi and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte
