ObjectiveWe aimed to predict the trend of populist orientations and votes in Italy before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.MethodUsing the Consequences of COVID-19 (COCO) data set (quota sample of the Italian adult population), we conducted a 3.5-year, seven-wave longitudinal study, with one wave before the pandemic (June 2019) and six waves during the pandemic (April and October 2020, April and October 2021, and April and October 2022).ResultsTwo latent growth analyses have shown that in the period we considered the degree of populism of the party chosen for the vote decreased linearly; this change was positively associated with the anxiety of the participants. Conversely, populist orientations remained stable.ConclusionThe COVID-19 pandemic plausibly contributed to a superficial and temporary halt to the long populist wave that hit Italy in the last decades, as demonstrated by the decrease in populist vote choices concomitant with a persistent substrate of populist orientations.

Populist votes, orientations, and the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy: A latent growth study / Russo, S.; Roccato, M.; Cavazza, N.; Cena, L.. - In: SOCIAL SCIENCE QUARTERLY. - ISSN 0038-4941. - 105:7(2024), pp. 2174-2189. [10.1111/ssqu.13463]

Populist votes, orientations, and the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy: A latent growth study

Cavazza N.;
2024

Abstract

ObjectiveWe aimed to predict the trend of populist orientations and votes in Italy before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.MethodUsing the Consequences of COVID-19 (COCO) data set (quota sample of the Italian adult population), we conducted a 3.5-year, seven-wave longitudinal study, with one wave before the pandemic (June 2019) and six waves during the pandemic (April and October 2020, April and October 2021, and April and October 2022).ResultsTwo latent growth analyses have shown that in the period we considered the degree of populism of the party chosen for the vote decreased linearly; this change was positively associated with the anxiety of the participants. Conversely, populist orientations remained stable.ConclusionThe COVID-19 pandemic plausibly contributed to a superficial and temporary halt to the long populist wave that hit Italy in the last decades, as demonstrated by the decrease in populist vote choices concomitant with a persistent substrate of populist orientations.
2024
105
7
2174
2189
Populist votes, orientations, and the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy: A latent growth study / Russo, S.; Roccato, M.; Cavazza, N.; Cena, L.. - In: SOCIAL SCIENCE QUARTERLY. - ISSN 0038-4941. - 105:7(2024), pp. 2174-2189. [10.1111/ssqu.13463]
Russo, S.; Roccato, M.; Cavazza, N.; Cena, L.
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