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Voters of Populist Parties and Support for Reforms of Representative Democracy in Belgium

par van Dijk, Lisa;Legein, Thomas ;Pilet, Jean-Benoît ;Marien, Sofie
Référence Politics of the Low Countries, 2, 3, page (289-318)
Publication Publié, 2020-11-01

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Recently, studies have burgeoned on the link between populism and demands fordemocratic reforms. In particular, scholars have been debating the link betweenpopulist citizens or voters and support for referendums. In this article, we examinevoters of populist parties (Vlaams Belang (VB) and Parti du Travail de Belgique-Partij van de Arbeid (PTB-PVDA)) in Belgium in 2019 and we look at their attitudestowards various types of democratic reforms. We find that voters of populistparties differ from the non-populist electorate in their support for different kindsof reforms of representative democracy. Voters of VB and PTB-PVDA have in commonstronger demands for limiting politicians’ prerogatives, for introducingbinding referendums and for participatory budgeting. While Vlaams Belang votersare not significantly different from the non-populist electorate on advisory referendums,citizens’ forums or technocratic reform, PVDA-PTB voters seem more enthusiastic.