The anti-establishment frustration that swept Donald Trump to
power in the United States and led the UK to vote for Brexit exists in
Germany, but in a much more moderate form, which will not ultimately be
the deciding factor in the national elections in September.
That's the central conclusion of a Bertelsmann Foundation study of "populism" among people eligible to vote in the upcoming federal elections.
The researchers defined populism as hostility to the establishment, the belief that "the people" are basically a homogeneous group and the view that political leadership should be the direct expression of popular will. The study found that 29.2 percent of potential voters were thoroughly populist, 33.9 percent were somewhat populist and 36.9 percent were not populist at all.
Read more: Donald Trump-style populism has no chance in German election | News | DW | 25.07.2017
That's the central conclusion of a Bertelsmann Foundation study of "populism" among people eligible to vote in the upcoming federal elections.
The researchers defined populism as hostility to the establishment, the belief that "the people" are basically a homogeneous group and the view that political leadership should be the direct expression of popular will. The study found that 29.2 percent of potential voters were thoroughly populist, 33.9 percent were somewhat populist and 36.9 percent were not populist at all.
Read more: Donald Trump-style populism has no chance in German election | News | DW | 25.07.2017
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