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The Spillover of the US Capitol Insurrection: Reducing Expressed Support for Domestic Far-Right Parties

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Abstract

Although far-right insurrections often catch worldwide attention, little is known about whether and how these autocratization events affect other countries. This article studies the spillover of a prototype of such coup attempts – the January 6th Capitol insurrection. I argue that a far-right insurrection abroad can trigger a transnational learning process, which increases the salience of the far-right’s anti-democratic potential. Consequently, due to shaming and changes in voting calculus, citizens are less likely to support a domestic far-right party. To test this expectation, I use two panel datasets in Western Europe fielded amid the Capitol insurrection. Both analyses show that the expressed support for domestic far-right parties decreased after this autocratization event. I discuss how these findings enrich the literature on autocratization, the far-right, and transnational learning.

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Author(s): Chan KM

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: British Journal of Political Science

Year: 2025

Volume: 55

Online publication date: 12/02/2025

Acceptance date: 13/09/2024

Date deposited: 30/04/2025

ISSN (print): 0007-1234

ISSN (electronic): 1469-2112

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007123424000413

DOI: 10.1017/S0007123424000413

Data Access Statement: Replication Data for this article can be found in Harvard Dataverse at: https://doi.org/10.7910/ DVN/X6AVRZ.

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