Presidential: between crisis of confidence and Covid, the specter of abstention hangs over 2022

The supply is stabilizing.

With less than 90 days to go, almost all of the candidates are on the starting line.

With the exception of Emmanuel Macron, whose entry into the running to compete for a second term is not in doubt.

One question remains, however: will the French be there?

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The latest indicators suggest otherwise.

For fifteen years, the rate of abstention has increased a little more with each presidential election.

In 2017, the second round even broke a record by mobilizing only 74% of the population.

And the social crises that have punctuated this five-year period raise fears of a further upward trend.

Observations confirmed by opinion polls, which in turn paint the portrait of a France that is defiant of its politicians and increasingly inclined to boycott the polls.

An Odoxa Backbone Consulting survey, carried out for

, further consolidates these fears.

According to the study, two-thirds of French people (65%) expect a strong…

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