Resumen de Analyse et compréhension du vote lors des élections présidentielles de 2012: L'apport de la géographie électorale
Michel Bussi, Jérôme Fourquet, Céline Colange
In 2012, the French presidential election confirmed the geographical political changes that have been observed for the last fifteen years in France : progress of the left-wing in Western France and in city-centres, strong presence of the National Front in the working class suburbs and in the suburban areas, and decrease of the right- wing, except in the service-based residential areas.
This article, based on an original database at the canton level, analyzes the recent developments of the electoral map (2007-2012) and for the 1981-2012 period. It compares these results to socio-economic variables extracted from the popu- lation census, and offers spatial analyses (mainly according to the distance from the city).
