Influencing Political Tolerance among Populists in the UK

Authors

Stephen Black, Brigham Young University
Kirk Hawkins, Brigham Young University

Keywords

elections, populists, UK, government

College

Family, Home, and Social Sciences

Department

Political Science

Abstract

In recent years, politics around the world have seen a drastic change in its elections. Not too long ago, Mexican leftist populist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador swept the elections in July 2018. It did not come as a surprise as several other countries, especially in Europe, have seen a wave of populism emerging with the election of centrist French President Emmanuel Macron and the reelection of German Chancellor Angela Merkel. In this context, populists are generally those who view the world with an “us-versus-them” mentality and who see some sort of conspiring elite (often the government) who disregard the will of the public.

Recommended Citation

Black, Stephen and Hawkins, Kirk (2019) "Influencing Political Tolerance among Populists in the UK," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2019: Iss. 2019, Article 40.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2019/iss2019/40