Municipal 2020: Abstention has soared in municipalities without electoral battle

Political scientists traditionally observe a slight increase in turnout in the second round of municipal elections. " Voters move more when it is necessary to decide between candidates, " explains Jean Chiche, doctor of mathematical statistics and research engineer at Cevifop. In cities with more than 3,500 inhabitants - the threshold at which a list can be presented under a political label if it so wishes - participation actually increased by two small points between March 15 and June 28, amounting to 42 , 6% to 44.6%. However, it remains twenty points below the levels observed in 2014, where voter mobilization was 64.1%.

In addition, this very slight increase in participation is almost exclusively supported by voters in small municipalities (less than 20,000 inhabitants). In cities of more than 100,000 inhabitants, which nevertheless offer an ideal theater for political fighting, it has even declined

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