Posted on 04/26/2019 5:11:11 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Around 10% of voters plan to use their vote in the European Parliament elections to back far-right or right-wing populist parties, according to a study published by the Bertelsmann Foundation on Friday.
Most other EU citizens will use their ballots to thwart parties they oppose rather than support a particular group. The researchers said this type of “negative” voting could benefit political movements on the fringes and make it more difficult to form a majority in Parliament. […]
The researchers argued that voters who feel the mainstream pro-European parties no longer represent their interests tend to engage with populist messages.
“The populist parties have managed to create a stable and loyal voter base in a relatively short space of time,” study co-author and Bertelsmann democracy expert Robert Vehrkamp said. “But the high level of rejection (of these parties) also shows how dangerous it would be for other parties to imitate them.”
“Many citizens no longer choose to back one party, but rather vote against parties they oppose the most,” he added. …
(Excerpt) Read more at dw.com ...
The presstitutes claim there are “far right” parties, but they never identify and “far left” parties.
Do they want us to believe they don’t exist?
Or that all Lefties are “far left?”
Far right = Wanting silly things like borders and culture to exist.
According to Media:
+----+------+-----------------------------------------------+
|Left|Center| Far Right |
+----+------+-----------------------------------------------+
^
Actual
Center
Did you make that diagram in BASIC?
And let me guess, a generation ago, they would have regarded Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan, Pope John Paul II, and Lech Walesa “far right” as well, eh?
Also notice the call The “far” right populist.
Here nationalist/supremist.
“One in 10 EU voters support far-right populist parties”
That means that 9 out of 10 Eurotrash are suicidal schmucks.
That means nine out of ten don’t. But that doesn’t make a scary headline.
I don’t know. Many on the left seem to think they are the overwhelming majority because that’s the impression you get if you only watch CNN, ABC, CBS,...
Remember, the right underpolls and underreports. Nationalists have to stay in the closet to keep their friends and to avoid having their property vandalized.
Socialist FDR would be far right today with his radical ideas embodied in the Four Freedoms.
The figure is higher but some are touchy about admitting it. I’d say 20% is a better figure.
This is great news. Soon it will be 3 in 10.
JoMa
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