Contemporary politics is noteworthy for its emotional character. Emotions shape and, in turn,
are elicited by partisan polarization, public opinion, and political attitudes. In this article, we …

Are populists really more emotional than mainstream parties? The alleged link between
populism and emotional communication has barely been subject to systematic empirical …

Populist ideology and emotions are being increasingly adopted by political leaders as
communicative tools to drive attention and gain consent. Populism appears to be intimately …

Although research on populism has gained traction as an established field of inquiry, its
affective underpinnings remain a puzzle. A relatively underexplored area of study, now …

An increasingly salient policy innovation pursued by LGBT+ rights groups and socially
liberal policy entrepreneurs is the right of trans people to bring their legally recorded sex in …

Canada has been relatively immune to grassroots-driven populist political forces in recent
years despite global shifts toward a mainstreaming of nationalist identity-driven politics. The …

We argue that, above and beyond the usual suspects, some campaign strategies are more
successful in attracting media coverage. We specifically focus on two elements of campaign …

Insurgent candidates from across the political spectrum are increasingly turning to social
media to directly engage the public. Social media offer a platform that favours affect and …

Populist politicians frequently employ anti-establishment appeals in their discourse by
targeting an imagined or real power elite. Do such appeals have a mobilizing effect among …

Political tensions have grown throughout Europe since the beginning of the new century.
The consecutive crises led to the rise of different social movements in several countries, in …