Populism

Statista overview report on populism in Europe and the United States

Populism

Populism's emergence on the global political scene in the 2010s is one of the most significant developments in modern times. The anti-establishment ideology has proved attractive to swathes of voters across Europe and America, and appears resilient enough to remain a significant force into the 2020s.

This report takes an in-depth look at the crucial period between the Brexit vote of 2016 and the European elections of 2019, in which populists have been swept to power in the United States and Italy, challenged the status quo in France and Germany, and taken the UK out of the European Union.

Table of contents

Introduction

  • Introduction
  • Populism from 2000 to 2015
  • Decline of big tent parties

Brexit
  • Growth of British Euroscepticism
  • The Brexit vote
  • Who voted for Brexit?

Donald Trump
  • Polarization in the United States
  • The presidential election of 2016
  • Who voted for Trump?

Le Pen in France
  • Decline of the French Socialist party
  • French presidential elections of 2017
  • Who voted for Le Pen?

AfD in Germany
  • Grand coalition weariness
  • German elections of 2017
  • Who voted for AfD?

Five Star and Lega Nord in Italy
  • Italian elections of 2018
  • Who voted for Five Star and Lega Nord?
  • Italian skepticism about populist coalition

Populism 2018-2019
  • Hungarian election 2018
  • Turkish election 2018
  • European elections in 2019

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