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ID191860
Title ProperFailure to launch? the lack of populist attitudinal activation in the 2019 South African elections
LanguageENG
AuthorNyenhuis, Robert ;  Collette Schulz-Herzenberg ;  Schulz-Herzenberg, Collette
Summary / Abstract (Note)Do South Africans hold strong populist attitudes? If so, who is the ‘populist citizen’ and have these attitudes been activated in the electoral arena? In this article, we make use of 2019 Comparative National Elections Project (CNEP) data to answer these questions. We find that populist attitudes tend to vary across levels of education, geographic location and racial groups. Given the constant supply of populist rhetoric from the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), we expected this party to marshal electoral support from citizens holding the strongest populist attitudes. However, we contend that the party's racialised populism and radicalism ultimately handicapped it at the ballot box. The EFF ultimately suffered from citizens’ mistrust, its lack of credibility and savvy political moves by the ANC ahead of the election.
`In' analytical NoteJournal of Modern African Studies Vol. 61, No.2; Jun 2023: p.257 - 279
Journal SourceJournal of Modern African Studies Vol: 61 No 2
Key WordsSouth Africa ;  Elections ;  Populism ;  Voting Behaviour


 
 
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