Reply To: Left/Right Populism

Xenophobia drives German populism

A study has flipped the script on the well-worn story that mostly the poor, the uneducated, and the elderly vote for populists. Only one indicator matters: whether someone thinks immigration is bad for Germany.

Sociologist Martin Schröder blasted the widely held idea of the low-income, poorly-educated Alternative for Germany (AfD) voter was not at all representative of the truth. The fact is, wrote Schröder in the August 2018 study, that only one category truly unites the right wing: xenophobia.
“AfD supporters come from every level and part of society,” Schröder wrote. The one thing they all have in common, however, is “they don’t want refugees to migrate to Germany.”

https://www.dw.com/en/who-votes-for-germanys-far-right-party-afd-not-who-youd-think/a-47793722