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.
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Sarkozy’s Gaullist, now called Republican, Party appears to be the winner.
So the French pulled an operation chaos.
Way better than Holland’s party right?
Yes. FN did move the nation to the right, and the Sarkozy mob will -have- to deliver. Moslems, like rats, cannot be housebroken. They will crap on and gnaw at France as before.
Time is against the EU and the One World elite.
ISIS sympathizers are pleased with these results. So are those Frenchmen who believe in unicorns, but don’t believe in ISIS.
The french go soft and will be eaten by the muzzies. I thought Americnas had a short memeory after 911
Yeah, but the Republicans owe the Socialists for the victory...
ISIS sympathizers are pleased with these results. So are those Frenchmen who believe in unicorns, but dont believe in ISIS.
So though FN failed to get the seats they wanted they still managed to get a non-leftist party ahead still, sounds like a win-win.
I notice DM have shut the comments section on THAT story.
I doubt that it was fraud. The Socialists voted Republican in the runoff to keep out the National Front. The question is what the Republicans will do.
Wonder how many innocents will have to be murdered in France - and the US - before the populace wakes up.....
It is rather interesting how there are folks who believe in leprechauns but do not believe Islam radicalized people.
You have to admit, that was smart politics!
No one votes against a hot chick. I sure don't.
Projections, eh? Mkay. Let’s wait till Monday.
Lesson for us. We talk a good game. But we need to run a good ground-game when it counts.
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