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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of Political Science</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of Political Science</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Политология</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2313-1438</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2313-1446</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">31114</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2313-1438-2022-24-2-268-278</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>CHALLENGES OF POPULISM AND CONSERVATIVE NATIONALISM</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ВЫЗОВЫ ПОПУЛИЗМА И КОНСЕРВАТИВНОГО НАЦИОНАЛИЗМА</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">The Main Electorate of Right-Wing Populist Parties in Europe: Cases of the Alternative for Germany and the Freedom Party of Austria</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Основной электорат правопопулистских партий в Европе на примере «Альтернативы для Германии» и Австрийской партии свободы</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9745-4962</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Meshcheryakov</surname><given-names>Dmitry Yu.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Мещеряков</surname><given-names>Дмитрий Юрьевич</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>postgraduate at the Department of Comparative Politics</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>соискатель кафедры сравнительной политологии</p></bio><email>dmesh91@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Московский государственный институт международных отношений (университет) Министерства иностранных дел Российской Федерации</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2022-05-30" publication-format="electronic"><day>30</day><month>05</month><year>2022</year></pub-date><volume>24</volume><issue>2</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">World Politics and International Security Facing New Nationalism</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">Мировая политика и международная безопасность  перед вызовами нового национализма</issue-title><fpage>268</fpage><lpage>278</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2022-05-30"><day>30</day><month>05</month><year>2022</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2022, Meshcheryakov D.Y.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2022, Мещеряков Д.Ю.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2022</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Meshcheryakov D.Y.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Мещеряков Д.Ю.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/political-science/article/view/31114">https://journals.rudn.ru/political-science/article/view/31114</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p style="text-align: justify;">There is an ongoing political debate on whether certain groups can be considered the electoral backbone of right-wing populist parties. On the one hand, it is argued that there is no concept of a “typical voter” for right-wing populists; on the other hand, some studies of election campaigns in different countries show that it is possible to define electoral support groups for such political parties based on the social, professional, and demographic characteristics. The cases of the “Alternative for Germany” and the “Austrian Freedom Party” analyzed in the article demonstrate that the latter statement is more likely to be true. Those support groups can be identified within the framework of the sociological theory of electoral behavior, as well as the theories of the losers of globalization by H. G. Betz and the cultural backlash of P. Norris and R. Inglehart, using the analysis of existing relevant statistics, mainly sociological surveys. The examples of Germany and Austria prove the assumptions that men, workers, people with no higher education and the unemployed are more likely to vote for right-wing populist parties.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p style="text-align: justify;">В политической науке продолжаются дискуссии относительно того, существуют ли определенные группы, являющиеся опорой правопопулистских партий на выборах. С одной стороны, утверждается, что понятия «типичного избирателя» правых популистов не существует, с другой - ряд исследований, в которых рассматриваются практические примеры избирательных кампаний в различных государствах, показывает, что выделение электоральных групп поддержки таких политических сил на основании социальных, профессиональных и демографических признаков все же возможно. Рассмотренные в статье случаи «Альтернативы для Германии» и Австрийской партии свободы демонстрируют, что в большей мере справедливым является второе утверждение. Такие группы выделяются в рамках социологической теории электорального поведения, а также теорий о «проигравших от глобализации» Х.-Г. Бетца и «культурной ответной реакции» П. Норрис и Р. Инглхарта с применением анализа существующей релевантной статистики, прежде всего, социологических опросов. Примеры Германии и Австрии подтверждают предположения о том, что за правопопулистские партии в большей мере отдают голоса мужчины, рабочие, лица без высшего образования, а также безработные.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>right-wing populism</kwd><kwd>electoral studies</kwd><kwd>Alternative for Germany</kwd><kwd>Freedom Party of Austria</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>правый популизм</kwd><kwd>электоральные исследования</kwd><kwd>«Альтернатива для Германии»</kwd><kwd>Австрийская партия свободы</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Arzheimer, K. (2017). Electoral sociology — who votes for the extreme right and why–and when? In C. Mudde (Ed.), The Populist Radical Right: A Reader (pp. 277–289). Abingdon, Oxon; New York: Routledge.</mixed-citation><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Клупт М. А. 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