"Women and Right-Wing Voting" - with Nonna Mayer

Election after election, radical right-wing and populist parties are increasingly present in European parliaments and governments. In France, Marine Le Pen received 41.45% of the votes in the second round of the 2022 presidential election, the highest score ever achieved by her party. Do women vote for the extreme right less than men? Historically, yes... but this differential, measured over decades in Europe, has been diminishing in recent years, particularly in France.

Read the explanations from Nonna Mayer, CNRS emeritus research director and specialist in electoral sociology:

In CNRS le Journal (January 20, 2023): "Radical Right: Women Are Getting Involved Too (Especially in France)" In the "Genre, etc." podcast (January

• In CNRS le Journal (20/01/2023) : Droite radicale : les femmes s’y mettent aussi (surtout en France)  ("Radical Right: Women Are Getting Involved Too (Especially in France)")
• In the "Genre, etc." podcast (10/01/2023) : Les femmes et le vote en faveur de l’extrême droite (19 min). Read the transcription (PDF, 125 ko).