Fillion is the candidate who is not tainted by any scandal like both Juppe and Sarkozy were.
I sense the primary election was flooded with support for Fillion who is considered to be the Left side of his party and there’s a reason he is being promoted.
The most likely outcome is that Marine LePen and the candidate who wins next week’s runoff for “The Republicans”
(Les Republicans) as the “Right” is called in France will face off on May 7th next year following the April 23rd elimination round of the presidential election.
Fillion will appeal to the Socialists-Left and probably be the best candidate to beat LePen in the runoff.
I have heard a theory that at this stage many of Fillon votes might not stay with him in the next round because he was the guy to vote for when you want to vote against Sarkozy.
What do you think about that?
I read that the leftists were flooding for Juppe, who it sounds like is definitely to the left of of Fillion, who is probably to the left of Sarko. Juppe seems as bad as Chirac.
My sense is the feeling was Sarko couldn’t beat Juppe so a lot of people who may have gone for him moved to Fillion instead.