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Perception of populist parties in selected Western European countries as of 2017*

Characteristic	Unfavorable	Favorable	Don't know/refused
Alternative for Germany	83%	11%	6%
National Front (France)	76%	16%	8%
Sweden Democrats	76%	17%	7%
Podemos (Spain)	73%	24%	3%
UK Independence Party	69%	23%	8%
Party for Freedom (Netherlands)	67%	27%	6%
Danish People's Party	62%	34%	4%
Northern League (Italy)	60%	29%	11%
La France Insoumise	55%	34%	11%
Five Star Movement (Italy)	51%	39%	10%

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Release date

July 2018

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Region

Europe

Survey time period

October 30 to December 20, 2017

Number of respondents

16,114 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

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Respondents from 8 Western European countries (Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, France, Italy, Spain, UK)

Method of interview

Telephone interview

Supplementary notes

* Respondents were asked about populist parties in their own country.
The source adds the following information: "We define “populist” parties as those that display high levels of anti-elitism".
Further information about the methodology used can be found on pages 67-73 of the report.

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This statistic presents how favorable or unfavorable people in selected Western European countries view populist parties in their country as of 2017. In Germany, Alternative for Germany is viewed by 83 percent of the respondents unfavorably, while 39 percent of respondents in Italy advised they have a favorable view of the Five Star Movement.