The 2012 French election : How the electorate decided /: How the electorate decided. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Two thousand and twelve French election
• Further Information: Note: Pascal Perrineau editor ; translated by Chantal De Barra.
• Editors: Perrineau, Pascal
• Other Names: Barra, Chantal De translator.
• Contents: Technical Note; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1: Introduction; Part I: Perceptions of the Campaign; 2: Predetermined Issues in€the€2012 Presidential Election; Knowing the€Facts; A Clear Hierarchy; A Stable Hierarchy; A Differentiated Hierarchy; Sociologically; Politically; Understanding the€Impact of€Issues on Voting Behavior; Voters; The Role of€Issues in€the€Hierarchy of€Voting Intentions; The Impact of€Issues on€Electoral Volatility; The Candidates; A Brief Typology of€Potential Strategies; Deciphering the€Strategies Employed; François Hollande; Nicolas Sarkozy; Conclusion. 3: The Candidates: Crystallized ImagesThe Candidates' Qualities and€How They Evolved; Image and€Voting Intentions; Conclusion; 4: Information Gathering and€Campaign Following Among Voters: The€Paradox of€Electoral Campaigns; Information Gathering Practices Among Voters; Political Information and€Voting Decisions; Part II: Voter Mobility and Mobilization; 5: Electoral Turnout: Mobilization in€All Its Diversity; Sustained but Socially and€Politically Differentiated Mobilization; Mobilization Trajectories during the€Campaign; Voter Engagement with€the€Election and€the€Final Voting Choice. Conclusion6: Fluctuations on€the€Left; The Physionomy of€Potential Electorates at the€Beginning of€the€Panel; Evolving Voting Intentions between November 2011 and€April 2012; Gains Made and€Losses Suffered by the€Candidates during the€Campaign; Different Types of€Electorate for€Mélenchon and€Hollande: Stable Voters, Converted Voters, Hesitant Voters and€Disaffected Voters; Opinions and€Political Attitudes among These Electorates; Positive Changes in€Perceptions of€Mélenchon's Qualities; 7: Shifts in€Voting Decisions on the Right: From€a€Centripetal Victory to a Centrifugal Defeat. Shifts in Right-Wing Voting Intentions among the€PanelFrom Potential to€Real Electorates; Undecided and€Loyal Voters; Volatility between the€First and€Second Round of€the€Presidential Election; Conclusion; 8: Fluctuations between the€Left and€the€Right: Expressions of€Protest that Benefitted François Hollande; Profile of€L/R Volatile Voters; A More Pronounced Sensitivity to€Protest and€Withdrawal into the€National Identity; Occasional or Multi-Changing Volatile L/R Voters?; L/R Volatility during the€Electoral Campaign; Less Structured but Nonetheless Visible Political Yardsticks. Electoral Choices among Volatile L/R VotersConclusion; 9: Fluctuations at the€Center: A€Short-Lived and€Fragile Breakthrough for€ François Bayrou; From Modest Beginnings to€a€January Breakthrough; Fluctuating Intentions and€a€Downturn in€the€Last Month ; A Core of€Loyal Voters and€a€Plethora of€Volatile Voting Intentions; Loyal and€Changing Voters; Loyal and€Converted Voters from€the€First to€the€Second Round; Conclusion; Part III: Making a Voting Choice; 10: The Moment of€Electoral Choice; Volatility in€Voting Intentions; The Moment the€Final Voting Choice Is Made.
• Publisher Details: New York : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 324.944084; Political science; Presidents -- Election; Elections -- France; Elections; Democracy; Political sociology; Demography; Social sciences_xMethodology; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Elections; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General; Elections; Presidents -- Election; Political Science -- Political Ideologies -- Democracy; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Social Science -- Demography; Social Science -- Methodology; Elections & referenda; Political structures: democracy; Sociology; Population & demography; Social research & statistics; Politics & government; France; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781349949571; 1349949574; 1349949566; 9781349949564
• Related ISBNs: 9781349949564; 1349949566
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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