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Chega supporters are less radical than the party\u2019s leaders<\/h1>\n

Original text from the newspaper P\u00fablico<\/i><\/p>\n

\"Crowd<\/p>\n

On 24 March 2024, the newspaper P\u00fablico published an article on a survey funded by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, whose results were presented at the M\u00e1rio Soares Foundation in Lisbon.<\/p>\n

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\u2019 voters.<\/p>\n

Read the <\/i>full article in P\u00fablico<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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