Christophe Guilluy is a geographer, author notably of
Fractures françaises
(2010) and
Le Temps des gens ordinary
(2020).
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LE FIGARO.
- The popular categories are considered decisive in a presidential election.
How to define them?
By standard of living, profession, geography?
Christophe GUILLUY.
- The presidential election is the only election where these majority categories still vote massively.
If they move, then they will mechanically determine the end result.
Sociologically, we find the majority of the active population: workers, employees, peasants, to which we can add small artisans and the self-employed.
On average, these categories form the France of modest incomes, those whose incomes are less than 2000 euros.
This socio-cultural group, which I call
“the ordinary majority”,
which the pollster Jérôme Sainte-Marie calls
“the popular bloc”
,
is obviously present throughout the territory.
But, consider...
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