Many Europeans hold exclusionary and restrictive notions of national identity, which set high barriers to the acceptance of immigrants in national societies. Until recent years, however, relatively few acted on these notions by voting for parties with restrictive positions on immigration.

This relationship now seems to have changed, with increasing success for the far right. What has caused this change? Our recent research provides an answer.

Adopting far-right rhetoric increases far-right votes (socialeurope.eu)