The Rise of Populist Radical Right Party LSNS in Slovakia: The Role of Education

In this article, we answer the following question - are lower educated people more likely to vote for the populist radical right party Ludova Strana Nase Slovensko than higher educated people? The aim of our paper is to estimate, based on the data from the Statistical Office of Slovakia and Population and Housing Census in 2011, the effect of different levels of educational attainment on voter's support for the populist radical right party in Slovakia - LSNS. For the electoral performance of LSNS in municipalities of Slovakia, we use vote share from results of national parliamentary elections that took place in 2020. We have found out that lower-educated people tend to support LSNS, and contrary population with higher education than secondary education without school-leaving exam associate with lower voting support for LSNS. These findings are in accordance with previous findings of research focused on Western Europe and Central and Eastern Europe. We hope these results could be used as implications for public policy.