Chapter 13

The discourse of supporters for populist parties across Europe

In this final chapter, we will answer our overall research questions, comparing findings across the various contexts investigated in the preceding chapters. In doing so, we will point out what voting motivations, aspects of national identities and ways of recontextualising original posts are shared across countries and which ones are specific to a given political context. This comparison will be followed by a review of the different methodologies that we used and a discussion on how far a given methodology may have influenced the findings. We will reflect on ethical considerations before the chapter finishes with a section on the contributions and limitations of the research and an outlook on possible future work.