Dear colleagues,
I would like to understand if it is possible to assume a correlation between the presence of SMEs and the support to right-wing parties. If in a territory there is an high rate of SMEs, does it mean that the population will be right-wing oriented?
My hypothesis is that right-wing parties (I am from Italy so I have in mind my country) are more inclined to support SMEs because historically these parties defend private properties and bourgeois class and due to the neo-liberal ideology they should be in favour of a reduction of taxation which, theoretically, must be a benefit for SMEs.
On the contrary, high rate of big companies means a huge part of population is working class therefore major support to left-wing.
Thank you for your support.
Best regards.
I can see your logic of individualism. However you don't seem to have taken account of the relative presence of SMEs and large companies. Even in regions with a large number of small firms, the number of SME owners will be dwarfed by the number of employees.
Dear Prof. Anderson,
Thank you for your reply. I would like to add another point to mine consideration: is it also relevant the presence of single professionals? E.g. lawyers, solicitors, doctors, ecc. Is this part of the economic society relevant in the analysis of right-wing parties performance?
Thank you.
i think you are considering secondaries, when you want to consider primaries. it gets you into corners.
rate of sme is a proxy
sme implies economic participation or economic activity
far right implies fascism, etc or political affiliation
thus, i would rather look at: the impact of economic participation on political affiliation (political polarization, bias, etc)
rather than: the impact of SMEs on far right support
if SME's influence political affiliation/ right wing support, it is through another factor/ variable, and not directly. this is an important consideration
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