Effects of Socioeconomic Status on Right-Wing Voting Intentions: The Mediating Role of Economic Ideology, Perceived Threats, and National Identity Lois, Giannis Petkanopoulou, Katerina García-Sánchez, Efraín Willis Sánchez, Guillermo Byrd Rodríguez Bailón, Rosa María Socioeconomic status Voting intentions Perceived threats Economic ideology Anti-immigrant attitudes 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. 2025-07-24T11:14:28Z 2025-07-24T11:14:28Z 2025-05-14 journal article Lois, G., Petkanopoulou, K., García-Sánchez, E., Willis, G. B., & Rodríguez-Bailón, R. (2025). Effects of socioeconomic status on right-wing voting intentions: The mediating role of economic ideology, perceived threats, and national identity. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 13(1), 80–99. https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.15199 https://hdl.handle.net/10481/105630 10.5964/jspp.15199 eng info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/H2020/822166 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ open access Atribución 4.0 Internacional PsychOpen