Table 1.

Relationship Between New Cases/Million and Emotional Appeals in Four European Countries

	Government Fear	Opposition Fear	Populist Fear	Government Hope	Opposition Hope	Populist Hope
New cases/million	0.00020** (0.00007)	−0.00004 (0.00006)	−0.00029*** (0.00008)	−0.00066*** (0.00012)	−0.00024** (0.00008)	0.00089*** (0.00010)
Num. Obs.	11,194	14,054	11,563	11,194	14,054	11,563
R 2	0.001	0.000	0.001	0.003	0.001	0.007
R 2 Adj.	0.001	0.000	0.001	0.003	0.001	0.007
AIC	2461.3	6212.0	7126.3	13,941.8	15,578.7	11,898.2
BIC	2483.3	6234.6	7148.3	13,963.7	15,601.3	11,920.3
Log.Lik.	−1227.668	−3102.975	−3560.137	−6967.876	−7786.328	−5946.110
F	7.729	0.404	13.276	30.464	8.932	79.829

* p < .05, ** p < .01, *** p < 0.001