Scholar dissects voter perceptions of transnational politics

Avery Lord — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 15:21:29 +0000

Scholar dissects voter perceptions of transnational politics Avery Lord Wed, 08/20/2025 - 09:21

CU Boulder political scientist Jeffrey Nonnemacher asserts that Western European national political parties use their affiliations with party families to signal their own political viewpoints

“My goal with this paper is to tackle the question of: Do voters care if the AfD’s leadership is spending a lot of time with France’s Marine Le Pen and the National Rally? Are voters getting some sort of information from the party family label attached to a party and the party’s relationship with that label?” he explains. In his paper, Nonnemacher contends that political parties in Western Europe are responsive to politics outside their home country—and that strategic choices to embrace a larger party family label, such as radical right in the case of AfD, do influence how parties are perceived by a country’s voters.

In a recent conversation with Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine, Nonnemacher emphasized that a political party that embraces the party family signifies its commitment to the larger ideological goals associated with the party family, while parties that push back and work to distance themselves from their sister parties from other countries signal that they may not be credible champions for core issues. His answers have been lightly edited for style and clarity.

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Ongoing fighting and disarray in Colorado’s GOP leaves Republican candidates frustrated

Anonymous — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 17:37:44 +0000

Ongoing fighting and disarray in Colorado’s GOP leaves Republican candidates frustrated Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 09/23/2024 - 11:37

Kenneth Bickers

CU Boulder's Political Science Department's own Professor Ken Bickers was interviewed by CPR News in an article that highlights concerns that the Republican Party's disunity could hurt candidates in key races.

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