Replication Data for: Many Ways to be Right: Cross-pressured Voters in Western Europe

Mainstream parties in Western Europe are increasingly struggling to hold together their base of support. As a lens for exploring this changing electoral landscape, I focus on the growing share of the electorate that is cross-pressured between conservative and progressive attitudes on economic and cultural issues. I argue that a stable asymmetry characterizes Western European mass attitudes: while support for the left is common among voters with progressive attitudes on both issues, it is enough to be conservative on one issue to turn right. Analyzing survey data collected from 1990 to 2017, I show that cross-pressures are resolved in favor of the right and examine the trade- offs this poses to center-right parties. My findings contribute to debates on electoral dealignment and realignment and shed light on the electoral choices of the center-right.