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T hirty years ago, the “ patrimonial ” ,or “ property- ownership ” , effect discovered by Jacques Cap- devielle and Élisabeth Dupoirier aroused the inte- rest of political scientists in France and abroad in what was viewed as a heuristic subject. Since then, the “ patrimonial ” variable has been almost com- pletely forgotten. Using 2007 French presidential election data, this article demonstrates that the presence of a patrimonial strategy remains a key factor in determining how the individual relates to politics and voting. Owning various kinds of pro- perty tends to blur the income-based distinction between “ poor and wealthy ” people and to neutra- lize the political norms embraced by the social, cultural or professional groups to which people belong. The patrimonial effect persists when the effects of other social variables are controlled for by logistic regressions.
