ABSTRACT
This chapter assesses the differences in opinion structure towards European integration of voters that consistently support Eurosceptic parties in both national as well as European Parliament (EP) elections, and voters that support mainstream parties in national parliamentary elections yet switch to Eurosceptic parties in EP elections. Next, it discusses the interplay of EU issues and economic concerns, and also focuses on a range of cultural issues. The chapter further includes background variables that have proven to be of relevance to support for European integration, such as an individual's socio-economic position, level of educational attainment and occupation. The factors feed into hypotheses with regard to EU support by net 'winners' and 'losers' from European integration. Overall, such studies find that well-off, more highly educated and highly skilled citizens are much more likely to favour European integration than Europeans with lower incomes, lower levels of educational attainment and those who work in the manual, lower-skilled professions.
