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Union Power Bolsters Left Parties, But Workers' Shifts Favor Right
Insights from the Field
class voting
unionization
radical right parties
mainstream left parties
Comparative Politics
POP
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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.

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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