Meer dan een politieke vertrouwenspiek: De publieke opinie tijdens de eerste coronagolf

Translated title of the contribution: More than a boost in political trust: Dutch public opinion during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic

Paul Dekker, Emily Miltenburg, Josje den Ridder, Pepijn van Houwelingen

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Abstract

During the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dutch public opinion was largely characterized by a more positive outlook on society and politics. We give explanations for this rather positive spirit based on literature on earlier crises and we outline the changes in public opinion between January and April 2020 (using the Citizens' Outlooks Barometer). We will complement this quantitative analysis by ana-lysing several open-ended questions to enhance our knowledge on the individual’s perceptions, atti-tudes and judgments about politics and society at the beginning of the pandemic. Our qualitative data analysis shows that the boost in political trust is driven by a specific appreciation of proceedings dur-ing the crisis and not by future expectations. But moreover, while this political ‘rally-round-the-flag’ phenomenon became centre stage of the crisis literature, we actually found that this is less salient than the societal outlook during a crisis: many citizens also express a reappraisal of society.
Translated title of the contributionMore than a boost in political trust: Dutch public opinion during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic
Original languageDutch
Pages (from-to)153–178
JournalMens en Maatschappij
Volume96
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021

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