Abstract
Using ALLBUS data from 1991–98, this article examines the effects of class and education on extreme party support – both on the left and on the right – in the reunited Germany. Our results suggest that the underlying considerations for extreme party support are similar for the left and for the right in both the East and West. Nonetheless, the structures of party support in the two regions differ, indicating the importance of fitting separate models for East and West Germany. This is most obvious with respect to the interplay between social class and education in their effects on PDS support. Here we find evidence of status inconsistency theory: Those with university degrees but in working class positions are significantly more likely to vote for the PDS than others.
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