When imams and preachers call to vote Jean-Luc Mélenchon

Ihere are electoral changes that do not go unnoticed. During the first round of the presidential election, Sunday April 10, 2022, Jean-Luc Mélenchon came out on top throughout the Île-de-France region. In most working-class municipalities with a high concentration of immigrant populations, the scores of the Insoumis candidate reached record levels: 65% in Villetaneuse, 61% in Trappes and Gennevilliers, 60% in Bobigny and Aubervilliers, 56% in Creil and Grigny, 54% in Mantes-la-Jolie… Some analysts have pointed to a communitarisation of the Mélenchon vote, but the reality is a little more complex than that. Many religious networks have mobilized in favor of the far-left candidate – and he alone, it is true, but religious motivation alone cannot explain this…