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The electoral system and support for populist parties in Europe

Radical left supporters might be more open to participating in strategic voting, compared to radical right voters.

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Voters of Unidos Podemos after the results of the national elections in Madrid, Spain, June 26, 2016. Jimenez Rodrigo/Press Association. All rights reserved.

While the electoral success of the radical right has been under a continuous spotlight, the rise of the radical left has always been much less researched. But as we have argued in a recent article for Democratic Audit, electoral growth among the radical left parties was only second to that of the radical right parties in recent years.