context of CEECs, this study formulates a hypothesis that predicts that the presence of a large number of historically rooted minority groups (and/or Roma people) contributes to the electoral success of radical right parties in CEE. 1.4.4. Presence of a Liberal Right Wing Mainstream Party on Cultural Policies (LIBM) Electoral success is not only commensurate with a political party’s leadership and party organizations. The behaviour of other political parties can also affect a party’s chance of achieving electoral success. Particularly, the interaction between political parties whose ideologies are related is likely to affect each party’s electoral performance. Following this possibility, this study suggests that interaction between radical right parties and right wing mainstream parties may contribute to or stifle the electoral success of the former. There are two different approaches in the literature regarding the impact of the interaction between right-wing mainstream and radical right parties on the electoral performance of the latter. The first approach suggests that when the positional distance between a right-wing mainstream party and a radical right party increases (due to the moderate position of the former), the latter has a better chance of electoral success. Briefly speaking, the logic behind this suggestion is that radical right parties can appeal to voters who have renounced the right-wing mainstream party for its moderate position (Kitschelt and McGann, 1995; Meguid, 2005). The second approach argues the opposite. According to this explanation, it is the narrowing distance between a right-wing mainstream party and a radical right party that increases the latter’s chance of
context of CEECs, this study formulates a hypothesis that predicts that the presence of a large number of historically rooted minority groups (and/or Roma people) contributes to the electoral success of radical right parties in CEE. 1.4.4. Presence of a Liberal Right Wing Mainstream Party on Cultural Policies (LIBM) Electoral success is not only commensurate with a political party’s leadership and party organizations. The behaviour of other political parties can also affect a party’s chance of achieving electoral success. Particularly, the interaction between political parties whose ideologies are related is likely to affect each party’s electoral performance. Following this possibility, this study suggests that interaction between radical right parties and right wing mainstream parties may contribute to or stifle the electoral success of the former. There are two different approaches in the literature regarding the impact of the interaction between right-wing mainstream and radical right parties on the electoral performance of the latter. The first approach suggests that when the positional distance between a right-wing mainstream party and a radical right party increases (due to the moderate position of the former), the latter has a better chance of electoral success. Briefly speaking, the logic behind this suggestion is that radical right parties can appeal to voters who have renounced the right-wing mainstream party for its moderate position (Kitschelt and McGann, 1995; Meguid, 2005). The second approach argues the opposite. According to this explanation, it is the narrowing distance between a right-wing mainstream party and a radical right party that increases the latter’s chance of
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