Study of European electoral data suggests social democratic parties alienate supporters by moving towards the political centre

Adopting rightwing policies on issues such as immigration and the economy does not help centre-left parties win votes, according to new analysis of European electoral and polling data.

Faced with a 20-year decline in their vote share, accompanied by rising support for the right, far right and sometimes the far left, social democratic parties across Europe have increasingly sought salvation by moving towards the political centre.

  • @TCB13English
    1•9 months ago

    Adopting rightwing policies on issues such as immigration and the economy does not help centre-left parties win votes, according to new analysis of European electoral and polling data.

    And since when is this anything we didn’t know already?

    What would’ve helped the center-left to win votes today was to not fuckup the majority of countries and economies they ruled over… when you send people into borderline poverty with your policies its kind of obvious you’ll lose support.