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Socialization process analysis usually focuses on child-parent relations within peer groups. In this article, this process is analyzed within the couple, deciphering what the couple does to the voting and vice versa. The study is based on quantitative data stemming from a questionnaire administered right outside the ballot box during the 2017 French presidential election, as well as on interviews carried out in four sessions among individuals in heterosexual couples. The influence of the couple in the forming of political opinions must be thought out in relation to other variables (in particular class, age and political inheritage). It must also be studied within its environment by taking into consideration each spouse’s networks in a dynamic approach to “careers.”