Sweden’s immigrant share of its population, a long with many other European nations, have seen a remarkable rise since the beginning of the century. Coincidently, the far-right political party in Sweden, the Sweden Democrats, have gotten more and more ground in the past five general elections. Building on Blalock’s (1967) salience hypothesis, and Davis and Deole’s (2018) alignment hypothesis, I look at local-level data to test the effect of the immigration share of each of Sweden’s 290 municipalities on the number of votes that goes to the Swedish Democrats in each municipality. Controls are made for the different municipalities in terms of population density, population, educational attainment, and income. Results show that there is a difference in preference to vote for the Sweden Democrats depending on the gender of immigrants in the municipality. Results show that there is a difference in preference to vote for the Sweden Democrats depending on the gender of immigrants in the municipality. Results show that there is a difference in preference to vote for the Sweden Democrats depending on the gender of immigrants in the municipality. The results show that there is a difference in preference to vote for the Sweden Democrats depending on the gender of immigrants in the municipality.
Keywords: Immigration, Far-Right Politics, Voting, Political Economy, Ethnic Diversity