*** The second reason to worry about the decline in participation, is that [[abstention]] is not distributed equally in the population and in the parties. People from the [[classes populaires|working class]] tend to participate less. Older > Younger And [[parti politique|parties]] know that so they care less about these groups of people = [[théorie des choix publics]] This phenomenon increases [[inégalités|inequalities]] Not every party is losing more facing the decline of voting, it is the center because of the [[vote de protestation|extreme vote]] *Voters tend to be more [[volatility voting|volatile]] and change their favorite party* Voters are becoming more *critical*, they start to check the results of each parties. But this can create instability in the political system like parties can win an election and totally lose the next one. It can creates abstention ## Notes de bas de page ``` dataview TABLE length(file.outlinks) AS "Liens sortants", length(file.inlinks) AS "Liens entrants" WHERE file.path = this.file.path ```