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Article Dans Une Revue Identities. Global studies in culture and power Année : 2024

Migrants away from the polls: explaining the absenteeism of people with sub-Saharan African origins in the 2022 French presidential elections

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The electoral participation of migrants in the country of residence has been often investigated through the lenses of motivations, preferences, and consequences. The literature to date has paid little attention to what factors inhibit migrants from voting, which is especially important in contexts where their absenteeism is an ongoing feature. To this end, our article aims to identify why French people with origins in sub-Saharan African countries did not vote in the 2022 presidential elections. This group of migrants is particularly inactive in politics. The qualitative analysis uses semi-structured interviews and one focus group with first- and second-generation migrants from sub-Saharan African countries living in France. The findings indicate that the main reasons for their absenteeism at the 2022 presidential elections have deep roots and are unlikely to change in the near future: feelings of non-integration, limited procedural knowledge about voting, and negative attitudes towards politics and politicians.
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hal-04377454 , version 1 (07-01-2024)

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Sergiu Mișcoiu, Bettina Mitru, Sergiu Gherghina. Migrants away from the polls: explaining the absenteeism of people with sub-Saharan African origins in the 2022 French presidential elections. Identities. Global studies in culture and power, 2024, pp.1-18. ⟨10.1080/1070289X.2023.2298576⟩. ⟨hal-04377454⟩
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