Because of the legacy of the French Revolution and the post-World War II consensus on providing social welfare, France provides an intriguing context in which to investigate political ideology and system justification. We summarize the results of a large, nationally representative survey of French voters, which revealed that general system justification was associated—not with rightist ideology, as in other countries—but with leftist ideology. That is, self-identified leftists scored higher than rightists on general system justification, and system justification was positively associated with liberal and leftist preferences concerning immigration and welfare. After adjusting for political orientation, high system-justifiers in France also scored lower on authoritarianism, despite scoring higher on group-based dominance. These findings suggest that the Enlightenment ideals of “Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité” are firmly established in France, and that liberal-leftist policies represent the status quo for most French citizens today.

由于法国大革命的遗产和第二次世界大战后关于提供社会福利的共识，法国为研究政治意识形态和制度合理性提供了一个有趣的环境。我们总结了一项对法国选民进行的大规模，全国性代表调查的结果，该调查表明，总的制度合理性与（与其他国家一样，不是与右翼意识形态有关）而是与左翼意识形态有关。也就是说，自我认同的左派在总体制度论证上的得分高于右派，并且制度论证与自由主义和左派在移民和福利方面的偏好正相关。在调整了政治取向之后，法国的高级系统正义者得分也较低尽管在基于群体的支配地位上得分更高，但在威权主义方面还是如此。这些发现表明，法国坚定地确立了“自由，Égalité，Fraternité”的启蒙理想，左翼自由主义政策代表了当今大多数法国公民的现状。