Abstract

Research Question: What explains support for radical-right candidates and to what extent are voters' gender, income and religion good predictors of that support? Context:This article answers such questions using the case of Chile, specifically the 2021 presidential election, in which a candidate from the radical right, Jos & eacute; Antonio Kast, reached the election's second round. Method: Based on opinion polls and electoral data aggregated at the municipality level, a series of multivariate statistical models was developed to explain the vote for Kast. Conclusions: The following three findings were obtained. First, there was a significant gender gap, with greater support from men than women. Second, this gender gap is highly dependent on the socioeconomic conditions of voters, with the support of men from higherincome segments of the population being more favourable to the radical right. The third is the radical right's robust backing from the evangelical population.