Posted on 07/01/2024 5:08:26 AM PDT by MtnClimber
According to French polling agencies, Macron’s grouping of centrist parties could finish a distant third. The second and final round of voting takes place next Sunday.
France’s legislative elections on Sunday have given a big boost to the populist National Rally party, who much of the media refer to as the far-right.
This follows a major defeat for current French President Emmanuel Macron in the European Union elections that took place in early June. As a result, he called for snap legislative elections, which was considered a risky move, believing that would give him the best chance to remain in power.
But according to French polling agencies, Macron’s grouping of centrist parties could finish a distant third in this first round of balloting, behind the populists on the right and a coalition of left-wing parties who are in second place according to The Associated Press.
The second and final round of voting takes place next Sunday.
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If the European public does not wake up they will find they have ringside seats to WWIII.
I’m glad Macron appears to be going down, but why would they vote in the Leftists. Or maybe that was the Muslim vote.
“The second and final round of voting takes place next Sunday.”
Anyone know how these ‘rounds’ of voting works?
Does it mean half of the districts have yet to vote?
Do people need to (legally) vote twice?
Perhaps it means real men can now vote in the second round*?
Can people who voted in the first round change that vote in the second round?
*in that case there’s no one left to vote for in the second round
Citizens of a nation v Global elites. Sovereignty v slavery. Individual v EVIL collective.
“Anyone know how these ‘rounds’ of voting works?
Does it mean half of the districts have yet to vote?”
Round 1 is roughly equivalent to primaries.
If someone gets over 50% they are elected, no second round.
If no candidate gets over 50% there is a second round and everyone who got 15% or higher is in round 2. Candidates can withdraw from the second round even if they got over 15%.
Thanks, that does make sense. Even though it’s France, I figured there had to be some logic behind their voting system.
“But according to French polling agencies, Macron’s grouping of centrist parties could finish a distant third in this first round of balloting, behind the populists on the right and a coalition of left-wing parties who are in second place according to The Associated Press.”
I don’t know what the percentages are but if they want, maybe, Macron’s voters (in third place) and the Left wing parties in second place, could place their votes in the second round either in favor of the Left wing, or in favor of Macron, just to defeat the Le Pen group. We’ll see what the Macron group and the Left wing groups are telling their voters this week.
Think of it like a primary or a workable form of Ranked Choice voting
They have round one and if nobody gets over 50% then the weaker candidates are removed, and people vote for the top three or four.
Imagine if the coalitions that make up the US parties splintered and instead of the two broad coalitions you have eight or ten smaller parties working out temporary alliances.
I can't believe that many Frenchmen voted for the Communist scum, but I think it's a alliance of the old Communist trade unions and the New Left open-borders, college educated identity crowd.
If you look at the electoral map, it's very similar to here: urban cores and industrial areas vote hard-left with some Macroniste public employees, Le Pen takes most of everything else with some smaller right parties:
Macron is the perfect example of someone who tries to please everybody, but just winds up pissing everybody off.
BTTT
France almost went Communist after WWII.
They were purging their opponents in Paris after the Liberation, by labelling all their enemies as Nazi Collaborators, and having secret trials, before DeGaulle put a stop to it.
First round. They’ll keep playing until they get their way.
Paul Joseph Watson looks at the “Democratic” response to the Right’s Victory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-venqK-q9Q
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