Replication Data for: Discounting extreme positions: Party normalization and support for the far right

When are far right parties punished for their extreme positions? We argue that the punishments of deviant position-taking are conditional on the degree to which a far right party is normalized or stigmatized in the party system. When the far right is treated as normal, costs suffered from these parties' extreme positions decrease, as moderate voters discount the authenticity of their commitment to such positions. We use a survey experiment to test this argument in Spain, finding evidence for discounting on the far right's extreme anti-LGBTQ+ statements, but not on its embrace of authoritarian history. This Research Note thus shows that normalization and stigmatization of the far right can change how its extreme positions are interpreted by voters.

极右翼政党因其极端立场而遭受惩戒的情境为何？本文主张，对越轨立场表态的惩戒与否，取决于极右翼政党在政党体系中被正常化或污名化的程度。当极右翼政党被视为正常时，这类政党的极端立场所招致的政治代价会降低，因为温和派选民会质疑其对该类立场的承诺真实性。本文在西班牙开展调查实验以验证该论点，结果发现，极右翼政党极端反LGBTQ+言论会引发选民的质疑效应，但其对威权历史的推崇则未出现该效应。因此本研究简报表明，对极右翼政党的正常化与污名化，会改变选民对其极端立场的解读方式。