My pet theory is, that it's all about the exposure to the realities of other people in daily life, not through warped representations in the media. Population d

My pet theory is, that it's all about the exposure to the realities of other people in daily life, not through warped representations in the media. Population density correlates well with political preferences[1]. That regions don't need to be forgotten shows the example of wealthy Austria, where the FPÖ gets majorities anywhere not densely urban. I would put the threshold somewhere around 1000 to 5000 people/km². Also rich gated or very segregated neighborhoods, where people are rarely step out side their homogenous envirements or cars fall under this extrapolation of the contact hypothesis in relation to suspectability to populism for me. [1] https://medium.com/@davetroy/is-population-density-the-key-to-understanding-voting-behavior-191acc302a2b https://medium.com/@davetroy/is-population-density-the-key-t... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contact_hypothesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contact_hypothesis