A Bid For Power: Mapping The Electoral Far Right in the 2022 Elections

This report and interactive map are a resource for journalists reporting on, and anyone working to prevent, the far-right capture of our politics and public discourse. Even as the proliferation of bigoted and anti-democracy rhetoric has blurred the boundaries between the Far Right and the spectrum of “legitimate politics,” PRA has identified 274 candidates in the 2022 midterm election cycle who represent a definable Electoral Far Right, the insurrectionist edge of American politics. This Electoral Far Right is a dangerous vector for the entrance of Christian nationalism, anti-LGBTQ bigotry, far-right conspiracism, election denial, Patriot movement/anti-government ideology, and racial and ethnic nationalism into public discourse and the arena of governance. Many of these candidates openly collaborate with or otherwise endorse far-right organizations, movements, or leaders. Fully one third of the candidates in our study (93) are incumbents, and 56% (153) have advanced from their primaries to the general election. Explore PRA’s interactive map of Far Right Candidates here.

Co-authored with Olivia Lawrence-Weilmann and Steven Gardiner. Read more at Political Research Associates.