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The topic of unequal regional development is well-studied, and evening those inequalities out has long been a core priority for the European Union, deemed necessary for sustainable long-term growth across the EU. Even so, many regions seem to be ‘left behind’ or treated as though they ‘don’t matter’, and the ‘populist vote’ for Euroskeptic, ‘anti-systemic’ parties has grown steadily throughout the 21st century. According to a recently created conceptual framework by Diemer et al. (2022), being caught in a ‘regional development trap’ correlates with the degree of ‘populist’ voting.