Replication of “Alles Covidioten? Politische Potenziale des Corona-Protests in Deutschland”

Our empirical study gives a first comprehensive overview of the political potential of corona-related protests in Germany. It concludes that Corona protests have a considerable and relatively stable mobilization potential among the German population. Based on a rolling cross-sectional online survey among 5000 respondents, we show that this mobilization potential is not only formed by the radical right fringe. It also consists to a significant extent of a political centre that is not represented by established parties and is generally suspicious of the state and its institutions. Over time, the mobilization potential has increasingly shifted to the right and, due to its susceptibility to conspiracy theories, further radicalization seems possible. unknown other

本实证研究首次全面梳理了德国新冠相关抗议活动的政治潜能。研究得出结论：新冠抗议活动在德国民众中具备可观且相对稳定的动员潜能。本研究依托针对5000名受访者开展的滚动横断面在线调查，证实该动员潜能并非仅由极右翼边缘群体构成，其相当一部分构成来自未被建制派政党代表、且普遍对国家及其机构抱有怀疑态度的政治中间群体。随着时间推移，该动员潜能愈发向极右翼偏移；加之该群体易受阴谋论裹挟，进一步激进化的可能性依然存在。未知其他