(Alessandro Garofalo/Reuters)Will populist parties gain ground during this week’s European Parliament elections? Their success in the elections is a test of the conventional wisdom that economic crisis breeds radical politics. We focused on a people who both experienced the financial crisis and the rise of radical populist parties: citizens of the Netherlands. We looked at year-to-year changes in income, employment, political views and people’s alignment with radical populist parties. Our work suggests it’s shortsighted to treat radical left and right parties as a single group.

Source: Washington Post May 24, 2019 10:00 UTC