towards an unprecedented mobilization of voters?

A short hour’s queue formed in front of a police station in Montrouge (Hauts-de-Seine). The voters came to have their proxy validated. “I’m going to see my boyfriend who lives in Brittany, and so I’m asking my parents to vote for me.“, says one of them. An approach deemed necessary, given the political issues of the moment.”I think there will be a lot of voting, especially among young people (…). People I don’t usually hear from will start voting.“, predicted a voter.

At the town hall of Châtillon (Hauts-de-Seine), Marie-Laure Legrand is responsible for registering all these proxies and notes a clear increase.In the 2022 legislative elections, we had around 500 proxies for the two rounds. There, we are already at more than 1,500“, she reveals. More than 2 million proxies are recorded at the national level. A sign announcing a record mobilization, estimated at 63%, according to Ipsos.