Noémie Piolat

Exciting ongoing project ! Very sad to miss the presentation tomorrow (teaching duties 🤓) but if you’re interested in representation and the online communication of parties, you should definitely join to hear a great presentation by my too great co-authors !

New publication in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social!

Who perceives feminism as a threat, and why do a lot of women perceive feminism as threatening?

With @evaanduiza.bsky.social, we explore these questions in the context of Spain.

We find: ⬇️
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♀️ Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science everyone! 🌈 Since the backlash is real, I want to thank all the amazing and inspiring (female) colleagues who make #PoliticalScience more diverse, more fun, and more relevant. Happily, the following list can never be complete 👇 #WomenInScience

Looking forward to presenting our paper at the Connected_Politics Lab Seminar together with @npiolat.bsky.social ocial and @malojan.bsky.social in February! Thanks to @stefanmueller.bsky.social for the invitation

Can the impact of economic crises on political trust be mitigated? @charlotteboucher.fr studies the effect of different measures of social support on trust during the #COVID19 pandemic in Europe. More: buff.ly/htbkwaP

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Giorgia Meloni a-t-elle changé ? La question qui divise les politistes italiens Au pouvoir depuis trois ans, la présidente du conseil italien suscite le débat chez les chercheurs en sciences politiques. La normalisation de cette dirigeante issue de la matrice néofasciste s’accomp...

Échange avec @lemonde.fr (merci!) sur l’extrême droite et l’érosion de la démocratie en #Italie. Non, cela n’arrive pas qu’en Europe de l’Est et aux US. @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social @scpo-research.bsky.social www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...

* To be more precise, we show that this reversed radical right gender gap emerges (so far) among younger, less educated and mostly among working-class individuals (4bis/15)

Free access to the paper until January 2, 2026: shs.cairn.info/tap-gwv4i3dk...

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Lastly, we found similar results regarding the lack of gender youth gaps in the 2024 French legislative elections. French readers may want to check out our RFSP article on that issue (15/15): shs.cairn.info/revue-revue-...

Overall, our findings show that gender and gender & sexuality related attitudes shaped EP voting in complex (and sometimes unexpected) ways. They highlight the importance of intersectional and contextual approaches to understanding the RRGG and the broader politicization of gender in Europe. (14/15)

However, heterosexism doesn’t predict RN support, perhaps due to the party’s ambiguous position on LGBTQ+ rights. This highlights that sexism and heterosexism are distinct and must be studied separately as gender and sexuality grow more politicized in Europe. (13/15)

Predicted probabilities of voting for the main parties by level of modern sexism (12/15)

Individuals with higher modern sexism are less likely to support most parties over the RN (especially left-wing ones, see figure). The belief that “feminism has gone too far” is strongly tied to choosing the RN over parties with progressive gender agendas. (11/15)

And what about attitudes towards gender & sexuality? Research has shown that gender attitudes matter in national elections, but evidence beyond that is scarce. Our findings show they did matter in the 2024 EP elections, extending what we know about their political impact. (10/15)

Predicted probabilities of the LFI (La France Insoumise, left wing party) vote by gender and age (9/15)

We find no youth gender gap: young women were not more likely to vote for the left. This contrasts with studies showing strong gender divides among the youth. This is a reminder that context matters! Patterns seen elsewhere do not always hold in other countries or for specific elections. (8/15)

This highlights once more why studying electoral gender gaps requires an intersectional approach, as drivers of social inequalities, such as age, class, and education, interact with gender to shape political behavior. (7/15)

Predicted probabilities of the RN vote by gender and socio-professional category (6/15)

Predicted probabilities of the RN vote by gender and age (5/15)

We found that the women most likely to vote RN are young, less educated and mostly workers or employees (see figures below) (4/15)

Marginal effects of gender on vote for the main parties at the 2024 EP Election in France. Here, the parties are ordered by left-right ideology. (3/15)

First, we found little effect of gender on vote overall, except for the far right Rassemblement National (RN) (see figure below). Unexpectedly, women in 🇫🇷 were more likely than men to vote RN in the 2024 EP elections, compared to left-wing parties. This runs against established findings. (2/15)

How did gender & attitudes towards gender and sexuality shape votes in the 2024 European Parliament elections in 🇫🇷? The results of our research with Nonna Mayer & @anjadurovic.bsky.social have just been published here: shs.cairn.info/revue-europe...
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HOW GENDER AND ATTITUDES TOWARDS GENDER AND SEXUALITY SHAPED VOTES IN THE 2024 EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ELECTIONS IN FRANCE ANJA DUROVIC, NONNA MAYER & NOEMIE PIOLAT Abstract. This article analyses the impact of gender and attitudes towards gender and sexuality on voting behaviour in the 2024 European Parliament elections in France, in line with recent research on electoral gender gaps, particularly youth gender gaps. Three main findings emerge. First, women did not vote more often than men for left-wing lists; in fact, they voted more often than men for Rassemblement national (RN), a finding that stands in sharp contrast to trends in modern gender gaps or to persistent radical right gender gaps observed in many European countries. Second, and most notably, in contrast again to many other countries, we found no youth gender gap in voting behaviour for the major left-wing or right-wing parties in these elections. Third, attitudes towards gender and sexuality weigh heavily on the results: modern sexism, in particular, is associated with a higher likelihood of voting for the RN list and a lower likelihood of voting for left-wing lists. Overall, the French case highlights that distinguishing between gendered political attitudes and actual gendered voting behaviour remains crucial. Keywords : European Parliament elections, France, (youth) gender gaps, left-wing vote, RN vote, sexism, (hetero)sexism.

Among other interesting reads about the 2024 European election, don't miss

"How gender and attitudes towards gender and sexuality shaped votes in the 2024 European Parliament elections in France"
by @anjadurovic.bsky.social, Nonna Mayer & @npiolat.bsky.social.

shs.cairn.info/revue-europe...

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(1/10) 🚨Preprint alert!🚨

In this article, I challenge claims of a generational rise of conservative men. In the media and recent academic publications, the so-called ‘youth gender gap’ has been interpreted as a generational phenomenon.

doi.org/10.31234/osf...

Excited to share that together with @malojan.bsky.social we’ve published a research note in #partypolitics introducing PartySOME, a comprehensive dataset on political parties’ social media activity. A thread 🧵 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

📊 now in English @fesonline.bsky.social:
Gender gap in voting behavior in Germany📊

It's about the “big picture” since 1953 & current trends 2021-2025.

The gender gap keeps growing, especially among the young.

-> Longer trends are continuing & partly accelerating.

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Many studies attribute the success of right-wing parties to sexism.

What is sexism? How is it measured? How does it influence elections?

My systematic review of studies on sexism as a predictor of political behavior and attitudes is about to appear in @poqjournal.bsky.social!
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Dans un entretien accordé à @lepoint.fr avec @anjadurovic.bsky.social et Nonna Mayer, nous avons présenté les résultats de nos dernières recherches sur le vote aux législatives et européennes de 2024, en particulier sur l’effet du genre et du sexisme dans les urnes.