Based on the view of morality proposed by the Moral Foundations Theory, this paper investigates whether voting intention is associated with moral foundation endorsement in not perfectly bipolar electoral contexts. Three studies carried out in Italy from 2010 to 2013, showed that controlling for ideological orientation, moral foundation endorsement is associated with voting intention. In Study 1...

People's voting behavior has a great impact on the political road that is taken in our countries. The current research shows that mimicry, the imitation of nonverbal behavior, unconsciously affects our political voting behavior. Earlier research has shown that mimicry enhances prosocial thoughts and behaviors. As prosocial people are expected to be more attracted to left-wing parties, it was pr...

Right-wing extremism is a serious problem in many societies. A prominent hypothesis states that unemployment plays a crucial role for the occurrence of right-wing extremist crime. In this paper we empirically test this hypothesis. We use a previously not used data set which includes all officially recorded right-wing criminal acts in Germany. These data are recorded by the German Federal Crimin...

This study describes the initial phases of wing morphogenesis of Megoura viciae Buckton (Homoptera Aphididae). We evaluated the development of wing buds in males (winged) and parthenogenetic females (presumed to become wingless) of M. viciae from birth to 4 instar. Wing bud epithelium in males is initially simple, becoming bistratified and then progressing to stratify. Mitotic activity is more ...

Abstract In this article, we triangulate qualitative data regarding the framing of pandemic and strategic decisions taken by Spain's new populist radical right-wing party, VOX, with a quantitative analysis aggregate polling individual-level survey responses to answer three questions: how has VOX framed politics pandemic? What actions in response COVID-19? Have events COVID-19 crisis affected VO...

Political responsiveness is highly unequal along class lines, which has triggered a lively debate about potential causes of this political inequality. What remained largely unexplored in are the structural economic conditions under policymakers operate. In contribution, we hypothesize that budgetary pressures affect both level and equality responsiveness. Using dataset containing public opinion...