This statistic displays the national vote share of populist parties in selected European Union (EU) countries as of March 2018. Hungary has the highest share of populist votes, with 65.09 percent of it's population voting for populist parties. In Greece, Poland and Italy the populist vote share is over 50 percent, while in the United Kingdom, populist parties only accounted for 1.8 percent of votes.
Populist vote share in the national elections of selected European Union (EU) countries as of March 2018*
The source adds the following information: "How did Euronews decide what was a populist party? We used a classification developed by the University of Melbourne.
It ranked parties on the extent to which they: opposed the political class, financial institutions, immigrants or ethnic minorities; depended on the personality of a leader; and violated liberal democratic norms."
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Euronews. (March 15, 2018). Populist vote share in the national elections of selected European Union (EU) countries as of March 2018* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/883893/populism-in-europe/
Euronews. "Populist vote share in the national elections of selected European Union (EU) countries as of March 2018*." Chart. March 15, 2018. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/883893/populism-in-europe/
Euronews. (2018). Populist vote share in the national elections of selected European Union (EU) countries as of March 2018*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/883893/populism-in-europe/
Euronews. "Populist Vote Share in The National Elections of Selected European Union (Eu) Countries as of March 2018*." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Mar 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/883893/populism-in-europe/
Euronews, Populist vote share in the national elections of selected European Union (EU) countries as of March 2018* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/883893/populism-in-europe/ (last visited August 24, 2024)
Populist vote share in the national elections of selected European Union (EU) countries as of March 2018* [Graph], Euronews, March 15, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/883893/populism-in-europe/