Those were the what? Contents of nostalgia, relative deprivation and radical right support

Recent research suggests that emotions are a central motivation for radical right voting. One emotion has gained particular interest is nostalgia: Radical politicians use nostalgic rhetoric, and feeling associated with support. However, while nostalgia widely frequently experienced, previous work differentiates personal contents of (e.g., childhood) from group-based traditions) only the latter related to right. But why does nostalgia, specifically its content, matter? In present paper, I argue evokes implicit comparisons between past present. Using relative deprivation theory, posit makes people subjectively evaluate society's as worse than past. turn, this temporal attempts restore through Personal instead, not evoke equivalent experiences is, therefore, unrelated preregistered analyses representative panel data Netherlands, show more consistently support nostalgia. subsequent exploratory analyses, test argument find indeed mediate relationship voting: People who long likely feel dissatisfied government and, in consider voting studying mechanism, connect recent on emotional explanations