Demand without Supply: Populist Attitudes without Salient Supply-Side Factors of Populism

Abstract Populism's electoral success has been linked to socio-economic crises and inflammatory political discourse. However, little is known of populist attitudes in contexts which these supply-side factors are not salient. The present article diverges from the conception populism that sees it as being activated or fuelled by contextual and, rather, conceives an ideological attitudinal dimension can have impact on vote choice when Using particular context 2015 Canadian federal election a case test this theory, empirical analyses support demonstrating be relatively prominent even setting traditional activate fuel Ultimately, shown important demand-side there no fertile ground for it.