SARKO, CECILIA, AND DAUGHTERS CAST THEIR VOTE
Sarkozy 30.3%
Royal 25.8%
Bayrou 17.7%
Le Pen 10.7% LeTemps
Sarkozy 29%
Royal 26%
Bayrou --
Le Pen -- TSRinfo/CSA/Sofres
Sarkozy 26%-30%
Royal 23%-27%
Bayrou 16%-20%
Le Pen 11%-14%
Posted on 04/22/2007 10:02:03 AM PDT by Cincinna
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Conservative Nicolas Sarkozy and Socialist Segolene Royal are set to contest a French presidential run-off after topping the first-round poll on Sunday, Belgium's Belga news agency said.
Belga quoted first projections which cannot be published in France by law until the last polling stations close at 1800 GMT (7 p.m. British time) as showing Sarkozy and Royal would go through.
Belgium's RTBF radio station said Sarkozy was slightly ahead in the first round.
(Excerpt) Read more at uk.reuters.com ...
FIRST EXIT POLLS: GO SARKO !
Nicolas Sarkozy: 30%
Ségolène Royal: 25%
RECORD TURNOUT!
31,21 %
21,4 % en 2002
VOTE OF FRENCH LIVING IN THE US :
SARKO :: 40 %
ROYAL :: 29 %
It going down to last vote here
Will France make an abrupt right turn, politically speaking? Or are they so far left it will be like a oil tanker ship getting buffeted by a gentle breeze?.........
The newly elected President will have 100 days in which he has total power and can basically do anything he wants. Sarko is the kind of leader who would use that power well.
btt
Il n'y a pas d'honte être français. Il y a seulement l'honte dans rester de français.
(There is no shame in being French. There is only shame in staying French.)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
Hopefully, this is going to change very quickly.
(18h50 ; IPSOS POLL based on ballots cast 1. Nicolas Sarkozy (UMP) 30,3 % 2. Ségolène Royal (PS) 25,8 % 3. François Bayrou (UDF) 17,7 % 4. Jean-Marie Le Pen (FN) 10,7 %
(18h50 ; IPSOS POLL based on ballots cast 1. Nicolas Sarkozy (UMP) 30,3 % 2. Ségolène Royal (PS) 25,8 % 3. François Bayrou (UDF) 17,7 % 4. Jean-Marie Le Pen (FN) 10,7 %
So far so good.
Thanks for the updates!
The problem that I can see for Sarkozy is that he may unite the left behind Royal, wereas Sarkozy will not be able to mop up some of Le Pen’s or Bayrou’s supporters.
Interesting that turnout was so heavy, I’m not sure what to make of it except for voter intensity must be really high in France at the moment, and the undecideds must have split for Sarkozy and made the difference.
If the poll by Ipsos is accurate, the runoff will be Sarko Royal.
Le Pen may be out of the picture for good.
All polls have shown that Sarko picks up about half of Bayrou’s vote, and almost all of le Pen’s. Probably those of Villiers and Nihous as well.
Royal at 26%, even if she captured every single vote on the Left, would not get the 50.1% necessary to win.
SO Far so good
What I understand there going be run off in May?
That what I don’t get I think most votes you become President of France right
Le Pen gave a sort of signal yesterday when he had a few good words to say about Sarko.
If a candidate gets over 50% in the first round, he wins. If no candidate gets 50%, the top two are in the runoff in two weeks.
OH OKAY that what I didn’t understand NEVER MIND
Polls in the major cities will remain open after 8 pm to allow people in line to vote (news from LCI TV) just announced by the constitutional council.
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