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Le comportement électoral des agriculteurs français de 1973 à 1981

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  • Isabel Boussard

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[eng] Three main features of French farmers' electoral behaviour are pointed out : firstly their well hnown preference for the right and reluctance towards Communist Party, as well as a less commonly emphasized propensity to vote for the Socialist Party, which did not begin in 1981. Secondly their environment and income structures cannot be neglected in explaining their attitudes. Finally, agricultural workers, although in small number, are, nowadays, more leftist than their employers, while their behaviour was about the same ten years ago. This is lessened when they belong to a farmer's family. . Two sets of methods have been used here : first the results of existing opinion polls have been examined. Second, an «ecological» analysis of the outcomes of the last five parliamentary and presidential elections has been performed, on data at the départemental level and from a sample of «communes». [fre] Le comportement électoral des agriculteurs français présente trois caractéristiques principales : d'une part, si l'on sait habituellement qu'ils votent peu pour le parti communiste et s'orientent de préférence vers la droite, on ignore le plus souvent qu'ils votent assez volontiers pour le parti socialiste et que cette tendance n'est pas nouvelle. D'autre part il semble bien que la structure de leurs revenus et l'environnement dans lequel ils se trouvent, jouent un rôle non négligeable. Enfin les salariés agricoles constituent une catégorie, minoritaire, mais originale par rapport à ce qu'elle était il y a dix ans : leurs votes se situent désormais plus à gauche que ceux des exploitants, avec des nuances lorsqu'ils sont issus de familles paysannes. . Deux séries de méthodes ont été ici utilisées : d'une part l'analyse des déclarations d'intention ou de souvenir de vote recueillies dans les sondages d'opinion ; d'autre part une analyse «écologique» des résultats du premier tour des cinq dernières élections législatives et présidentielles, soit au niveau départemental, soit à celui d'un échantillon de communes.

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  • Isabel Boussard, 1982. "Le comportement électoral des agriculteurs français de 1973 à 1981," Économie rurale, Programme National Persée, vol. 149(1), pages 3-12.
  • Handle: RePEc:prs:recoru:ecoru_0013-0559_1982_num_149_1_2859
    DOI: 10.3406/ecoru.1982.2859
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