This statistic displays the distribution of people with populist views in selected Europe countries in 2017. According to the survey, Spain has the highest proportion of people with populist viewpoints, while Sweden has the highest percentage of people with mainstream political views.
Share of populists in selected European countries as of 2017*
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Populists
Mainstream
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The source adds the following information: "To create the political groups used for analysis in this report, survey respondents were categorized into seven groups based on their left-right ideological self-placement and whether they express populist views. The six political groups are Left Populists, Left Mainstream, Center Populists,
Center Mainstream, Right Populists and Right Mainstream. The seventh is the Unaligned group,which includes respondents who did not answer the ideological self-placement question."
Further information about the methodology used can be found on pages 67-73 of the report.
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Pew Research Center. (July 12, 2018). Share of populists in selected European countries as of 2017* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/895709/share-of-populists-in-europe/
Pew Research Center. "Share of populists in selected European countries as of 2017*." Chart. July 12, 2018. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/895709/share-of-populists-in-europe/
Pew Research Center. (2018). Share of populists in selected European countries as of 2017*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/895709/share-of-populists-in-europe/
Pew Research Center. "Share of Populists in Selected European Countries as of 2017*." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 Jul 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/895709/share-of-populists-in-europe/
Pew Research Center, Share of populists in selected European countries as of 2017* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/895709/share-of-populists-in-europe/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Share of populists in selected European countries as of 2017* [Graph], Pew Research Center, July 12, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/895709/share-of-populists-in-europe/
