Recent post-election surveys show mainstream left parties face a class voting trade-off.
Key Insight:
Left parties must balance mobilizing workers and non-workers. Unionization strengthens worker loyalty to these parties but doesn't increase support from non-workers.
Electoral Shifts:
The study reveals that when voters abandon the mainstream Left, they more often choose radical Right options rather than Center-Right ones. Importantly, union membership influences which alternative attracts defectors.
Policy Takeaway:
To counter declining voter loyalty, strengthening working-class organization remains a crucial long-term strategy for left parties.
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| Paper Stones Revisited: Class Voting, Unionization, and the Electoral Decline of the Mainstream Left was authored by Line Rennwald and Jonas Pontusson. It was published by Cambridge in POP in 2021. |
