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What Influences the Differences between Voters who Vote for Populist Candidates and who do not? An Analysis of Effects of Voting Behavior on the Rise of Populist Communication in Mongolia

  • The Journal of Northeast Asia Research
  • Abbr : NEA
  • 2023, 38(1), pp.205-238
  • DOI : 10.18013/jnar.2023.38.1.007
  • Publisher : The Institute for Northeast Asia Research
  • Research Area : Social Science > Political Science > International Politics > International Relations / Cooperation
  • Received : November 4, 2022
  • Accepted : February 3, 2023
  • Published : February 28, 2023

Uuganbayar Tumurkhuu 1 Bolormaa Baatar 1 Myagmarsuren Dashzevge 1

1Mongolian University of Science and Technology

Accredited

ABSTRACT

Numerous competing theories and approaches have been developed to measure demand and supply sides of populism. However, more studies should be conducted on assessing and interpreting populist attitudes in post-communist countries that have emerged in completely different political and economic settings. This study addresses this gap. We attempted to explore what effects preferences for strong autocratic leadership, direct democracy, and liberal democracy have on populist attitudes in the post-communist Mongolia. To achieve this objective, we developed and conducted survey on populist attitude. We run logistic regression to analyze and interpret data we collected from the survey. This study finds two interesting findings. Those findings suggest that voters who have high preference for strong leaders that can be observed in communist countries like Xi Jinping in China are more likely to vote for populist parties or leaders. Moreover, people who highly support direct democracy in association with failed representative democracy are more likely to vote for populist candidates.

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