The geography of the nationalist right in Portugaloutlines of an emerging process

Resumo

The emergence of the nationalist right in Portugal in the legislative elections of 2019 is contextualized here in the framework of similar populist phenomena that have emerged in Europe in recent decades and in the geography of discontent associated with them. An analysis of the territorialization of the votes for this new party, named “Chega” (Enough), at the municipal level presents a pattern that does not match what electoral geography has been in Portugal since the 1974 democratic revolution. The correlations with a wide range of variables point to base voters associated with some elements of social and economic disadvantage and strongly motivated by identity issues. At the same time, the sociology of Chega voters presents some surprising aspects when compared to what is known about most European cases.

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Tipo

Artigo científico

Ano

2021

Instituição

Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo

Fonte

Cadernos Metrópole

Idioma

Português

Acesso

Não informado

DOI

10.1590/2236-9996.2021-5102

Identificador

oai:ojs.revistas.pucsp.br:article/50309

Palavras-chave

electoral geographygeography of discontentPortugalnationalist rightEuropean populismgeografia eleitoralgeografia do descontentamentodireita nacionalistapopulismo europeu