It’s one way to get votes
“Psychologists often explain group antipathy as a function of perceived threats. “Narratives embedded around fear are the ones that get traction,” says Stefania Paolini of Durham University. Fear of economic competition can explain why poorer citizens tend to dislike immigrants more. (Though wealthy people may dislike foreign rich folks too: Swiss-Germans resent better-educated German immigrants.) Populists playing on fears of demographic decline pick on Africans. To profit from fear of terrorism or cultural change they attack Muslims. When elite conspiracies are the target, antisemitism comes into play.”
Fonte: The Economist
Link: How the hard right both reflects and creates prejudice
