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Identifying the origins of Eurosceptic voting in the 2024 European Parliament election.
Stürznickel, Lennart (2025) Identifying the origins of Eurosceptic voting in the 2024 European Parliament election.
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| Abstract: | This research examines the origins of Eurosceptic voting in the 2024 European Parliament elections, focusing on the diverging motivations behind radical left and radical right Euroscepticism, investigating the influence of social class and issue positions on Eurosceptic voting. The study employs a quantitative research design, analysing Western and post-communist European countries. The voter-level data used in this research is from the 2024 European Election Studies (EES) survey, combined with the Chapel Hill Expert Survey (CHES) to classify Eurosceptic party positions. A binary logistic regression analysis on Eurosceptic party voting was conducted to access the impact of social class, climate change positions, immigration attitudes and redistribution on Eurosceptic voting. The findings reveal that radical left voting is primarily driven by voters who support economic redistribution, while radical right Euroscepticism is highly dependent on anti-immigration and anti-climate change stances. The research emphasises the influence of issue salience and ideological framing in shaping Eurosceptic voting behaviour. Additionally, contributing to the understanding of how the above-mentioned stances influence Eurosceptic voting behaviour, particularly in the context of increasing EU politicization in the recent years. Especially, by addressing the divergence in radical left and right Euroscepticism, it enhances knowledge of Eurosceptic party voting at both poles of the political spectrum. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Bachelor) |
| Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Subject: | 89 political science |
| Programme: | Management Society and Technology BSc (56654) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/107522 |
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