Honors Theses
Date of Award
Spring 5-2-2021
Document Type
Undergraduate Thesis
Department
Croft Institute for International Studies
First Advisor
Miguel Centellas
Second Advisor
Emily Fransee
Third Advisor
María García Otero
Relational Format
Dissertation/Thesis
Abstract
This research investigates the variation across the autonomous communities of Spain in the level of support for both regionalist and nationalist political parties such as the new far-right political party, Vox. This research looks at four cases: Andalusia, Catalonia, Galicia, and Murcia. Together these cases represent a spectrum of regionalist sentiment, support for regionalist parties, and support for nationalist parties. Using survey data from the Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas ahead of the Spanish general election of November 2019, this thesis analyzes individual-level determinants of voting behavior corresponding to regionalist and nationalist political parties in Spain. Of the individual-level determinants of voting behavior with regard to the particular parties, the demographic variables such as gender, age, religiosity, education level, and ideological self-placement as well as the perception of immigration as a major Spanish issue showed the greatest distinction between voters of regionalist parties and voters of nationalist parties. Economic and political evaluations, the influence of the Catalan Independence Movement, and personal income were variables that were significant in the same manner across all types of parties studied.
Recommended Citation
Burleson, Bailey, "Support for Regionalist and Nationalist Political Parties in Spain" (2021). Honors Theses. 1810.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/hon_thesis/1810
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