protest vote

The protest vote is not confined to the poorest or most disaffected.

They suggest the party was particularly popular among those who voted for Brexit in 2016 and for Boris Johnson in 2019 - and that Reform's success cannot simply be dismissed as a short-lived protest vote.

Could it be seen as a protest vote, I ask.

I think we need to better understand how many Americans simply weren’t paying much attention to Trump’s alarming rhetoric and campaign promises and how many were completely disillusioned and distrustful with our politics overall and either stayed home or cast a protest vote against the status quo.

Speaking to people in Germany, it is clear that support for the AfD can not just be read as some form of protest vote, even if there is frustration with the parties that have traditionally governed Germany.