Episode 2: Nils Steiner on BSW and Left-Authoritarian Voters

In the second episode of "Political Science? No Problem et al.!"
we talk to Nils Steiner about the new German party "BSW", based
on his research on the left-authoritarian supply gap.  What
is special about this party? What peculiar positions does it take
on cultural and economic issues? What might its electorate look
like? And does it pose a threat to the rise of the radical right
in Germany?


Nils is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Mainz and
studies voting behaviour, representation and political attitudes.
You can follow him here on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/NilsSteiner. If you are interested in Nils'
research on left-wing authoritarian voting behavior and parties,
here are two papers mentioned in the episode: 
https://shorturl.at/BKR27
https://shorturl.at/qxEHO
https://ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1475-6765.12348


The paper by Sarah Wagner, Constantin Wurthmann and Jan Philipp
Thomeczek on the voter potential of the BSW can be found
here: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11615-023-00481-3


The mentioned analysis by Marc Debus, Christian Stecker and
Jochen Müller on BSW party
positions: https://twitter.com/DebusMarc/status/1744695079011254585


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