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Individual and contextual characteristics of the German extreme Right–Wing vote in the 1990s. A test of complementary theories
Author(s) -
Lubbers Marcel,
Scheepers Peer
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
european journal of political research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.267
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1475-6765
pISSN - 0304-4130
DOI - 10.1111/1475-6765.00528
Subject(s) - german , voting , test (biology) , right wing , multinomial distribution , sample (material) , politics , set (abstract data type) , social psychology , psychology , political science , econometrics , economics , computer science , law , linguistics , paleontology , philosophy , chemistry , chromatography , biology , programming language
Abstract In this article we set out to improve our knowledge on voting for extreme right–wing parties, i.e. the Republikaner, by taking into account social, political and contextual characteristics. We test four theories that provide explanations as to why certain social categories are more likely to vote for the Republikaner. The hypotheses are tested with multilevel analyses, with data from a national sample (N = 4688). Multinomial analyses provide additional information on how theoretically derived political attitudes effect voting behaviour.