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Projections: French far right collapses in regional runoffs
Daily Mail ^ | Dec 13th 2015

Posted on 12/13/2015 11:28:27 AM PST by iowamark

Marine Le Pen's far-right National Front collapsed in French regional elections Sunday after dominating the first round of voting, according to pollsters' projections.

Le Pen had been riding high after extremist attacks and an unprecedented wave of migration into Europe, and the party came out on top in six of France's 13 newly drawn regions in the first-round vote a week ago. But projections by France's major polling firms suggested that failed to translate into any second-round victories.

Three polling agencies projected Le Pen and her niece both lost their bids to run two French regions.

Ipsos, Ifop and TNS-Sofres projected that Le Pen won around 42 percent of the vote in the Nord-Pas de Calais region, compared with about 57 percent for conservative Xavier Bertrand.

Le Pen's niece, Marion Marechal-Le Pen, was projected to win about 45 percent in the southern Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur region. Conservative Nice Mayor Christian Estrosi was projected to win about 55 percent.

The Socialists pulled their party out of both races and it appears that many voters cast ballots to prevent the once-pariah National Front from gaining power.

The polling agencies base their projections on actual vote count in select constituencies. Official results are expected early Monday.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: france; lepen; nationalfront
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To: A_perfect_lady

21 posted on 12/13/2015 1:43:40 PM PST by Lazamataz (It has gotten to the point where any report from standard news outlets must be fact-checked.)
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To: iowamark

22 posted on 12/13/2015 1:44:06 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: Psalm 144

Sarkozy didn’t deliver when he was in power last time, why would anyone believe he would do it if he were in power again?


23 posted on 12/13/2015 1:44:55 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: iowamark; Jim Robinson; SunkenCiv; SJackson; onyx; ru4liberty; afraidfortherepublic; mojo114; ...

FINAL RESULTS: NATIONAL FRONT DEFEATED IN ALL REGIONS ***

PARIS ILE DE FRANCE RESULTS: VALERIE PECRESSE, LR WINS SOCIALIST DEFEATED ***

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The results are in, the results are final. Please feel free to comment. The next elections in France will be the Presidential primaries in 2017. Thanks to all for your comments.

24 posted on 12/13/2015 1:56:24 PM PST by Cincinna ( *** NOBAMA NO CLINTONS NO BUSHES ***)
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To: ronnie raygun

Socialism is hard to overcome. Maybe one more Paris attack.


25 posted on 12/13/2015 2:17:58 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: iowamark

They voted to die more. Typical.


26 posted on 12/13/2015 2:31:54 PM PST by The Toll
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To: dfwgator

He has two reasons that -should- motivate him. First is that he is only in the game because the socialists backed him. He hangs by a thread and a bit of chicanery. Second is because of the Paris shootings. Too many French have submitted to the idiocies of EU transnational dogma, but some are reassessing that and some are already there. I would add three for the coming terrorist attacks, because Moslems are incontinent at the prospect of killing someone. They will not be able to pretend they are peaceable for very long, but the new incidents will come.

Sarkozy begins as a weak hand in a compromised position, having to bend to PC and control his Moslems, AND fend off FN ascendancy. He had better perform. He may not, and that is fine. I hope every one of the present EU satraps ends up in prison or worse before this is over.

I want people like these in charge of the nation states of the Northern Hemisphere.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqybsUqkOWs


27 posted on 12/13/2015 2:44:44 PM PST by Psalm 144 (The mill grinds exceedingly fine.)
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To: ronnie raygun
The french go soft and will be eaten by the muzzies. I thought Americnas had a short memeory after 911

Geez, give the Frenchies a break.

It's been a WHOLE MONTH since the massacre in Paris, and the white surrender flags haven't been taken out to play in such a long time...

28 posted on 12/13/2015 7:07:41 PM PST by kiryandil ("When Muslims in the White House are outlawed, only Barack Obama will be an outlaw")
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To: dfwgator

Isn’t Sarkozy on record claiming Europe must open/do away with her borders for ‘migrants’?


29 posted on 12/13/2015 7:10:11 PM PST by Jane Long (Go Trump, go! Make America Safe Again :)
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To: iowamark

The French would rather be massacred by Muslims than have a rightwing government.

Well, then, you’re on your own, Froggies.


30 posted on 12/13/2015 7:16:43 PM PST by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: iowamark
The French can celebrate with a Lennon song on inauguration day.


31 posted on 12/13/2015 7:20:39 PM PST by TADSLOS (A Ted Cruz Happy Warrior! GO TED!)
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To: iowamark

Very interesting. Thanks for posting.


32 posted on 12/13/2015 7:22:06 PM PST by PGalt
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To: iowamark

They collapsed? Looks like the socialist capitulated before the first vote was cast. That doesn’t sound like collapse.


33 posted on 12/13/2015 7:25:22 PM PST by Lurkina.n.Learnin (It's a shame enobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care)
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To: Lurkina.n.Learnin

It was more like a tactical retreat.


34 posted on 12/13/2015 9:02:32 PM PST by dfwgator
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