2012 French Election

Pascal Perrineau is Distinguished Professor at Sciences Po Paris, France, and has advised numerous media and scientific projects. His research focuses mainly on electoral sociology, the extreme right in France and in Europe, and the new socio-political cleavages at work in European societies. He is the author of many works, including Le Vote normal (2012) and, with Dominique Reynié, Le Dictionnaire du vote (2001).

• INTRODUCTION by Pascal Perrineau .- PART 1: Perceptions of the Campaign .- Chapter 1: Pre-determined Issues in the 2012 Presidential election by Gilles Finchelstein .- Chapter 2: The Candidates: Crystallized Images by Daniel Boy, Jean Chiche .- Chapter 3: Information Gathering and Campaign Following among Voters: The Paradox of Electoral Campaigns by Thierry Vedel .- PART 2: Voter Mobility and Mobilization .- Chapter 4: Electoral Turnout: Mobilization in all its Diversity by Anne Muxel .- Chapter 5: Fluctuations on the Left by Flora Chanvril, Henry Rey .- Chapter 6: Shifts in Voting Decisions on the Right: From a Centripetal Victory to a Centrifugal Defeat by Bruno Cautrès, Sylvie Strudel .- Chapter 7: Fluctuations between the Left and the Right: Expressions of Protest that Benefitted François Hollande by Anne Muxel .- Chapter 8: Fluctuations at the Center: a Short-lived and Fragile Breakthrough for François Bayrou by Pierre Bréchon .- PART 3: Making a Voting Choice .- Chapter 9: The Moment of Electoral Choice by Pascal Perrineau, Brice Teinturier .- Chapter 10: The Impact of Issues on Electoral Choice by Dominique Reynié .- Chapter 11: Narrowing the Gap in the Second Round or the ‘Referenda’ of the 6th of May 2012 by Jérôme Jaffré .- PART 4: Expectations of the Incoming President .- Chapter 12: Expectations of the New President by Mariette Sineau, Bruno Cautrès .- Chapter 13: A Review of the First Hundred Days: a ‘Normal’ presidency at a Time of Unprecedented Crisis by Jérôme Fourquet .- CONCLUSION by Pascal Perrineau .- BIBLIOGRAPHY.