In the run-up to the 2026 municipal elections, Ifop for Aix Marseille Université and Fondation Jean Jaurès, surveyed students on their relationship with political involvement and participation.
The study sheds light on what really mobilizes them, the place commitment occupies in their daily lives, and the way they choose to act. It also looks at their relationship with the city: what they concretely expect from their municipality, as well as the priorities they would like to see addressed by the next municipal team. The portrait that emerges is that of a lucid, committed and demanding youth.
Read the Fondation Jean Jaurès publication :
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Introduction. Tomorrow is (not) far. What young people want
Éric Berton, President of Aix Marseille University
Radiographie des étudiants d’Aix Marseille Université
Antoine Bristielle, PhD in political science, director of the Observatoire de l’opinion de la Fondation Jean-Jaurès, survey coordinator
An overview of a youthful commitment
AMU students, between individual optimism, feelings of solitude and collective anxiety
Youth values
Political radiography of AMU students
What about the municipal elections?
The image of the cities of Aix and Marseille
Conclusion
Young people and municipal elections on the eve of 2026
Nicola Gaddoni, Ifop research manager
Municipal elections “read” from a national perspective
The entry cost of municipal involvement for young people
Two sides of the same coin
A new map of priorities for young voters
A disenchanted generation?
Myths and realities of youth involvement in 2026
Dorian Dreuil, Associate Expert at the Fondation Jean-Jaurès, Director of Studies at the Institut Bona fidé
Generational misunderstanding: the making of a representation of disengagement
Committed youth in practice: when respondents contradict the narrative
The question of engagement possibilities
