Chega supporters are less radical than the party’s leaders

Original text from the newspaper Público

On 24 March 2024, the newspaper Público published an article on a survey funded by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, whose results were presented at the Mário Soares Foundation in Lisbon.

Based on the analysis of the responses, political scientist Tiago Fernandes, from Iscte, suggests that Chega sympathisers have a profile close to that of centrist voters and are less radical than their leaders. Many of these voters are not interested in politics and, although they share conservative ideas, also hold positions close to those of other parties’ voters.

Read the full article in Público.