Most populist parties deeply disliked View of Right populist parties Unfavorable Favorable Five Star Movement (IT}*
While populist attitudes span the ideological spectrum, populist political parties are relatively unpopular in Western Europe. Across the surveyed countries, around four-in-ten adults or fewer have a favorable view of the populist party (or parties) in their nation. For example, only 34% of people in Denmark have a favorable view of the Danish People’s Party; 23% of people in the UK view the UK Independence Party favorably; and 16% of French adults see the National Front favorably. Traditional parties do much better than populist parties in Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden. But they face difficulties elsewhere: For most of the traditional parties the survey asked about, three-in-ten or fewer of respondents in France, Italy and Spain have a favorable view. In all eight surveyed countries, attitudes about both types of parties – traditional and populist – are heavily colored by respondents’ ideological views.
Most populist parties deeply disliked  | View of  | Right populist parties  | Unfavorable Favorable  | Five Star Movement (IT}*  | 39%  | 51%  | Danish Peo ple's Party  | 62  | 34  | Northern League (IT  | 60  | 29  | Party for Freedom (NL)  | 27  | UK Independ ence Party  | 69  | 23  | 16 17  | Sweden Democrats  | 76  | Nationa Front (FR)  | 76  | Alternative for Germany  | 83  | 11  | Left populist parties  | La France Insoumise  | 55  | 34  | Pode mos (ES)  | 73  | 24  | *CHES expertratings place the Five Star Movement's ideology  | slightly rightofcenter. though itis not partof the radical right party  | slightly family. See rightofcenter. AppendixB though for details  | Notes: IT=Italy, NL-Netherlands FR=France ES=Spain.  | Source Survey of eightWestern European countries conducted Oct.  | 30- Dec 20, 2017.  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 