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Le pouvoir est-il enfin dans les mains des villes ?

Éléments d’analyse spatiale des résultats des élections législatives marocaines du 25 novembre 2011.

David Goeury | 12.05.2014

Following the 20th February movement and the vote of a new constitution on the 1st July 2011 in Morocco, parliamentary elections were held on 25th November 2011. Cartograms of electoral results show that the Moroccan political space is driven by two different spatial dynamics. On the one hand, in rural areas and sparsely populated provinces, we find the persistence of a traditional political space marked by the mobilization of the electorate around local figures acting as “députés de services”. [...]

L’espace-Obama.

Une victoire des réseaux sur les territoires.

Jacques Lévy et Luc Guillemot | 19.11.2012

Spatial characteristics are more relevant than socio-economic features to distinguish Romney and Obama’s electoral bodies. A cartographic representation at county level that uses a population cartogram as a base map makes the opposition between both geographies obvious. As in 2008, big cities and other places interfacing with the outside world favoured Barack Obama, whereas outskirts and small cities primarily voted for Mitt Romney. This spatial dichotomy is not surprising considering the parties’ opposing views on the idea of society [...]