The youth gender gap in support for the far right
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- dc.contributor.author Milosav, Ðorđe
- dc.contributor.author Dickson, Zachary
- dc.contributor.author Hobolt, Sara B.
- dc.contributor.author Kluver, Heike
- dc.contributor.author Kuhn, Theresa
- dc.contributor.author Rodon i Casarramona, Antoni
- dc.date.accessioned 2025-05-29T11:13:14Z
- dc.date.available 2025-05-29T11:13:14Z
- dc.date.issued 2025
- dc.date.updated 2025-05-29T11:13:14Z
- dc.description Data de publicació electrònica: 24-03-2025
- dc.description.abstract The 2024 European Parliament election showcased a surprising new trend. While progressive parties have traditionally done well among younger voters, it was far-right parties that enjoyed unprecedented electoral support among young voters in the 2024 EP elections. Analyzing data from the European Election Studies (EES) 2024, covering 27 countries and almost 25,000 voters, this paper shows that there is a sizable gender gap in voting for the far right. The electoral success of far-right parties among young voters is primarily driven by the support of young men, peaking at over 21% of all young men in 2024 compared to only about 14% among women of the same age cohort. Descriptive analyses from the EES shows that this gap can partially be explained by attitudinal differences, with young women holding more socially progressive views than young men. Age-Period-Cohort models based on EES data covering eight elections from 1989 to 2024 further reveal that this gender gap is greatest for Millennials and Generation Z. Since political attitudes and voting behaviour during the formative years may have a long-lasting effect on voting patterns and attitudes later in life, our findings have important implications for the future of European democracies.
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- dc.identifier.citation Milosav Ð, Dickson Z, Hobolt SB, Kluver H, Kuhn T, Rodon T. The youth gender gap in support for the far right. J Eur Public Policy. 2025 Mar 24. DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2025.2481181
- dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2025.2481181
- dc.identifier.issn 1350-1763
- dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/70559
- dc.language.iso eng
- dc.publisher Taylor & Francis
- dc.relation.ispartof Journal of European Public Policy. 2025 Mar 24
- dc.rights © 2025 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent.
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- dc.subject.keyword Gender gap
- dc.subject.keyword Young voters
- dc.subject.keyword Far-right parties
- dc.subject.keyword European parliament elections
- dc.title The youth gender gap in support for the far right
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