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Dominique Reynié: "The abstentionists can cause an electoral accident in 2022"

2020-10-25T18:08:51.737Z


INTERVIEW - "Abstention can give victory to a force that most voters would not want," analyzes political scientist Dominique Reynié.


Professor at Sciences Po, Dominique Reynié is Managing Director of the Foundation for Political Innovation (Fondapol).

LE FIGARO.

- Eighteen months before the presidential election, your investigation reveals a France more than ever tempted by abstention, blank votes or anti-system votes.

A warning for Emmanuel Macron?

Dominique REYNIÉ.

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For all of us.

The declared protest availability concerns 79% of our fellow citizens.

French society continues its political transformation: democratic deconsolidation, protest and right-wing.

Democratic deconsolidation is already evident: the historic abstention during the municipal elections of June 28 is a powerful sign.

It is a mistake to see only an effect of the health crisis, when only 59% of our fellow citizens say their preference for representative democracy, against 64% in January.

Support is even weaker among those who are at greater risk of suffering the consequences of the crisis: artisans, traders

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Source: lefigaro

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