Journal
RESEARCH & POLITICS
Volume 6, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/2053168018822395
Keywords
Automation; labour markets; electoral behaviour; radical right
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- French National Research Agency (ANR) as part of the Investissements d'Avenir program LIEPP [ANR-11-LABX-0091, ANR-11-IDEX-0005-02]
- NRF of Korea [NRF-2017S1A3A2066657]
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This paper studies the association between the risk of automation and vote choice in 11 West European countries. We extend upon labour economics literature on the effects of automation on the labour market by focusing on the political consequences of automation. We also build on existing work relating labour market risks to support for radical right parties. We argue that automation threat is most likely to increase support for radical right parties. We demonstrate that those more inclined to vote for the radical right rather than the average voters are those who are both threatened by automation and are still just about managing economically. They are more receptive to the narrative of the radical right, which simultaneously highlights the risk, and proposes protection. Using cross-sectional individual level data drawn from the European Social Survey (rounds 6, 7 and 8), we find that individuals who perceive themselves as coping on present income are significantly more likely to vote for radical right parties as risk of automation increases. They are also less likely to vote for major right parties.
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