Seeing right through the campaign : Candidate dynamics in the 2016 French primary elections of the right and center using the la Boussole présidentielle® VAA
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2018
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Open Primaries Candidates’ Image Online Survey Voting Advice Applications Voting Behaviour 2017 French Presidential ElectionSujets proches
Direct primaries Presidential primaries Primary elections Elections, Primary Kinetics Dynamical systemsCiter ce document
Thomas Vitiello et al., « Seeing right through the campaign : Candidate dynamics in the 2016 French primary elections of the right and center using the la Boussole présidentielle® VAA », Revue française de science politique, ID : 10670/1.1e42f4...
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Drawing on a dataset collected through the online Voting Advice Application (VAA) of La Boussole présidentielle®, this article analyses the dynamics in the first ever primary election campaign of the French right and centre. Our analyses show that, in a context of substantial within-party polarization between candidates, François Fillon emerged as a middle-ground candidate between the relatively centrist Alain Juppé’s and the more radical right-wing stances of Nicolas Sarkozy. The article also highlights the pre-eminence of François Fillon’s image, and in particular his ability to appear “presidential” during the campaign, a major factor for his victory. Such conclusions emphasise the significance of campaign dynamics over policy issues in primary elections.
