@misc{10481/105630,
year = {2025},
month = {5},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/105630},
abstract = {Low socioeconomic status (SES) individuals vote for left-wing parties on economic grounds and right-wing parties on cultural
grounds, while high SES individuals exhibit the opposite pattern. Various psychological mechanisms may explain this pattern. Using
data from 9 European countries (n = 8,750), we quantified the mediating role of economic system justification, economic and symbolic
threats, anti-immigrant attitudes, and national identification on the relationship between two indicators of SES (education and
income) and right-wing voting intentions. The negative link between education and right-wing voting was predominantly mediated
by anti-immigrant attitudes and immigration-specific threat. In contrast, the positive link between subjective income and right-wing
voting was predominantly mediated by economic system justification. These findings identify two psychological processes that may
underlie the disparity between income-related and education-related effects on political preferences.},
organization = {NORFACE},
organization = {AEI - European Commission (H2020 No. 822166)},
publisher = {PsychOpen},
keywords = {Socioeconomic status},
keywords = {Voting intentions},
keywords = {Perceived threats},
keywords = {Economic ideology},
keywords = {Anti-immigrant attitudes},
title = {Effects of Socioeconomic Status on Right-Wing Voting Intentions: The Mediating Role of Economic Ideology, Perceived Threats, and National Identity},
doi = {10.5964/jspp.15199},
author = {Lois, Giannis and Petkanopoulou, Katerina and García-Sánchez, Efraín and Willis Sánchez, Guillermo Byrd and Rodríguez Bailón, Rosa María},
}