In France, the first round of the presidential elections took place on Sunday, April 10, 2022, and more than one in four French people did not vote. Among workers, this proportion even rises to one third. Retired people, on the other hand, were the most mobilized, with an abstention rate of less than 20 percent. While the social factor plays an important role in abstention, age is also a determining parameter in understanding the logic of this phenomenon:
Rate of abstention in the first round of the presidential elections in France in 2022, by socio-professional category
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Ipsos. (April 10, 2022). Rate of abstention in the first round of the presidential elections in France in 2022, by socio-professional category [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 11, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1303221/abstention-rate-presidential-election-france-occupation/
Ipsos. "Rate of abstention in the first round of the presidential elections in France in 2022, by socio-professional category." Chart. April 10, 2022. Statista. Accessed May 11, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1303221/abstention-rate-presidential-election-france-occupation/
Ipsos. (2022). Rate of abstention in the first round of the presidential elections in France in 2022, by socio-professional category. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 11, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1303221/abstention-rate-presidential-election-france-occupation/
Ipsos. "Rate of Abstention in The First Round of The Presidential Elections in France in 2022, by Socio-professional Category." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Apr 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1303221/abstention-rate-presidential-election-france-occupation/
Ipsos, Rate of abstention in the first round of the presidential elections in France in 2022, by socio-professional category Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1303221/abstention-rate-presidential-election-france-occupation/ (last visited May 11, 2024)
Rate of abstention in the first round of the presidential elections in France in 2022, by socio-professional category [Graph], Ipsos, April 10, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1303221/abstention-rate-presidential-election-france-occupation/