predominantly observable in state elections, though attacks that receive high media coverage increase the AfD vote share in Federal … migration. Exploiting news reports, we find that successful attacks receive more media coverage from local and regional …

in explaining populism (particularly of the middle class) as a growing critique of the institutions of liberal democracy. …Populism in modern Western democracies is on the rise. The existing literature concentrates on explanations based on …. Although such explanations certainly contribute partly to our understanding of the phenomenon called 'populism' - particularly …