Posted on 04/23/2017 10:39:49 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
BREAKING NEWS: Shock waves through France as far-right Marine Le Pen makes it into the second round of nation’s presidential elections
Marine Le Pen made it into the second round of nation’s presidential elections, according to exit polls
She stormed into the final ballot in second place to face centrist independent Emmanuel Macron
A polling station in Eastern France was forced to close as bomb squad was deployed to deal with a vehicle
The worrying incident comes after a deadly ISIS gun attack on the Champs-Elysees in Paris on Thursday
France’s far right National Front sent shock waves through Europe tonight after leader Marine Le Pen made it into the second round of nation’s presidential elections, according to exit polls.
The hard-line anti-immigration candidate stormed into the final ballot to face centrist independent Emmanuel Macron.
Le Pen, 48 came second in the national poll behind Macron with 22 per cent of the vote in the tense election which saw 11 candidates vying for the role, according to Belgian broadcaster RTBF.
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Lafayette should have stayed. He tried but failed to set the French Revolution on a sensible course.
A good man but not a great politician.
Translate: gutless, mealy-mouthed chickens--t tool who will do nothing to imperil himself politically nor the great financial windfall awaiting him down the road.
Think Paul Ryan.
And there is a clear choice:
* Woman who says let’s deport these people who are rioting and killing us
* Guy who says “Oh, get used to it, and you’re bad if you complain about it”
The French Election: What We Know
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/23/world/europe/france-election.html
The polls in France have closed in the first round of the presidential election, a contest that many see as a test of populism in Europe.
New York Times correspondents in Paris and elsewhere in Europe are following the vote live: Join the discussion.
Most polls in the first round of voting have officially closed, and the counting has begun.
We all know how exit polls work out.
What makes her that?
She has a keen sense of self preservation.
Le Pen came in with 22% today and Macron is just under 24%.
Nope, she doesn't have a chance.
Far Right? Maybe to the Far Left she might look “far right.” To the rest of us, Marine Le Pen simply looks “Right.”
Did Obama phone another candidate before or after this election?
Trumps fault!
Yep....but it’s nice knowing she’s made it over the hump just the same....
Why are people saying it’ll be hard for her to defeat Macron? Aren’t the French tired of the status quo?
Some quick googling turned up a blurb at the Guardian saying the estimates are historically accurate to within about one percentage point. They’re based on samples from a large set of polling stations that is considered to be representative of the country. But it also says their method uses some weighting and extrapolating based on past results, so I guess we’ll see.
On y vas, tout le monde!
“Did Obama phone another candidate before or after this election?”
He did! lol... Obama phoned Macron on Wed.
BTW: Not since 1958 have the 2 main political parties been excluded from the 2nd election. This year, the runoff election will be held on May 7th -— just 2 weeks away.
It has to do with French government workers and socialists, if for instance it was Le Pen and Fillon in the runoff, the socialist would either go for Le Pen (not a huge likelihood but possible since she is not campaigning on cutting government) or stay home because they detest Fillon. As it appears now, Le Pen vs Macron does not put the socialists largely out of play, since they will likely vote for Macron.
That’s the rationale I’ve been seeing.
France needs to fight back unless it wants to be conquered.
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