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Richard Nadeau et al., « Patrimony, class, and participation: French elections (1988–2012) », Archive ouverte de Sciences Po (SPIRE), ID : 10.1057/s41253-016-0021-6
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Perhaps no variable in political science has received more attention thanelectoral participation. Despite, or because of, the great amount of research on thistopic, significant new determinants for electoral participation have not been recentlyforthcoming. Here we offer a significant new determinant – patrimony. For theoreticalreasons, we expect a voter’s wealth portfolio to influence their turnout. We test theseideas using a battery of asset items asked in French election surveys. Our finding is thatvoters who possess more patrimony are more likely to vote. The strength of this patrimonialeffect rivals the influence of the strongest traditional predictors, such aspolitical interest. Finally, patrimonial effects seem able to subsume, even replace, thetraditional class effects from income, occupation, and education. This pivotal empirical,as well as theoretical, role of patrimony suggests serious revision in the explanation ofhow socioeconomic forces shape electoral participation.