And now a French General election too (2024)

[PR1Berske]

Polling starts today

 

[Pickman's model]

Polling starts today

They've been polling for weeks. They have the first round of actual voting today

 

[The39thStep]

In this scenario if the centrists backed the Left in the second round then Le Pen could be stopped.

Will they?

 

[Silas Loom]

Unwise quotes from over ten years ago being dug up by creepy liberals, eh? Sounds like the problem Reform has over here.

 

[The39thStep]

Unwise quotes from over ten years ago being dug up by creepy liberals, eh? Sounds like the problem Reform has over here.

Which way would you be voting if you were French, Silas?

 

[Silas Loom]

Which way would you be voting if you were French, Silas?

My daughter’s preferred conversational gambit is “if you were a fish, which fish would you be?”. She’s asked me this hundreds of times. And I always answer “a tench”. I don’t say “there’s no meaningful way in which I could be a fish and still be me”, even though I think her question is absurd, because I like her very much and am happy to humour her.

But she’s my daughter, and you’re a snide subtweeting dick on a message board. So I’m less inclined to play along.

 

[Rimbaud]

My daughter’s preferred conversational gambit is “if you were a fish, which fish would you be?”. She’s asked me this hundreds of times. And I always answer “a tench”. I don’t say “there’s no meaningful way in which I could be a fish and still be me”, even though I think her question is absurd, because I like her very much and am happy to humour her.

But she’s my daughter, and you’re a snide subtweeting dick on a message board. So I’m less inclined to play along.

There is a meaningful way you could be entitled to vote in the French election and still be you, however, so it isn't quite the same.

 

[Silas Loom]

There is a meaningful way you could be entitled to vote in the French election and still be you, however, so it isn't quite the same.

How? I don’t think that they give French citizenship away that easily, do they? I’d presumably need to have developed some close personal and professional ties to France before I had any chance of applying, by which time my views on French politics and politicians would have been skewed and influenced by those contacts.

 

[Rimbaud]

How? I don’t think that they give French citizenship away that easily, do they? I’d presumably need to have developed some close personal and professional ties to France before I had any chance of applying, by which time my views on French politics and politicians would have been skewed and influenced by those contacts.

I mean being able to imagine choosing between National Rally and New United Front isn't quite the same as imagining being a fish. You could marry someone French or work in France for 5 years, somewhat more plausible than transforming yourself into a fish, and even so you can still express a preference without imagining being a citizen.

 

[Sue]

My daughter’s preferred conversational gambit is “if you were a fish, which fish would you be?”. She’s asked me this hundreds of times. And I always answer “a tench”. I don’t say “there’s no meaningful way in which I could be a fish and still be me”, even though I think her question is absurd, because I like her very much and am happy to humour her.

But she’s my daughter, and you’re a snide subtweeting dick on a message board. So I’m less inclined to play along.

Is this really where we are that a Labour supporter weasels around whether they'd vote for a Left coalition or (what's essentially) the Front National? I mean wtaf?

 

[Silas Loom]

Is this really where we are that a Labour supporter weasels around whether they'd vote for a Left coalition or (what's essentially) the Front National? I mean wtaf?

Macron is still an option, I believe. At this stage at least. I very much imagine that En Marche or Together or whatever they are called now would be my preference out of the four options, but if tactical subtleties came into it, my imaginary French wife or colleagues would be strong influences on my choice as my French is barely up to ordering a pain au raisin.

 

[planetgeli]

My daughter’s preferred conversational gambit is “if you were a fish, which fish would you be?”. She’s asked me this hundreds of times. And I always answer “a tench”. I don’t say “there’s no meaningful way in which I could be a fish and still be me”, even though I think her question is absurd, because I like her very much and am happy to humour her.

But she’s my daughter, and you’re a snide subtweeting dick on a message board. So I’m less inclined to play along.

You've become increasingly tetchy of late. U ok hun etc?

 

[Silas Loom]

You've become increasingly tetchy of late. U ok hun etc?

Yes, it’s been slower to build than on previous visits, but I think you’re probably right.

 

[Santino]

My 'I would ask my wife and colleagues for advice before ruling out voting for a Fascist racist' t-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt.

 

[Elpenor]

A flounder based on recent postings

 

[mojo pixy]

Macron is still an option, I believe. At this stage at least. I very much imagine that En Marche or Together or whatever they are called now would be my preference out of the four options, but if tactical subtleties came into it, my imaginary French wife or colleagues would be strong influences on my choice as my French is barely up to ordering a pain au raisin.

"la bite éjaculante" is the phrase you want (for voting obvs, not instead of a pain aux raisins)

 

[PR1Berske]

Le Pen wins the first round.

 

[PR1Berske]

 

[Karl Masks]

Deeply worrying

 

[Pickman's model]

Le Pen wins the first round.
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Do you know the difference between results and estimates of results?

 

[PR1Berske]

Do you know the difference between results and estimates of results?

Yes.

 

[Pickman's model]

Yes.

Your post suggests otherwise

 

[A380]

How? I don’t think that they give French citizenship away that easily, do they? ...

Five years with these chaps would do it.

 

[krtek a houby]

A flounder based on recent postings

Increasingly tenchy

 

[countingtozero]

65 seats decided so far, including:
38 Rassemblement National - Les Républicains (RN-LR),
21 Nouveau Front populaire (NFP)
2 Ensemble

There will be more by the end of the night.

In those where no candidate has received 50%+ there will be a run off next week, which due to the high turnout could include a large number of three way races, which is not typical.

Map with results:

La carte des résultats des législatives au premier tour et le tableau des candidats qualifiés

Dès la fermeture des derniers bureaux de vote, à 20 heures, les premiers résultats des 577 élections législatives sont progressivement diffusés par le ministère de l’intérieur.

www.lemonde.fr

 

[Hotel Chocolate]

How does the second round work? Do you have to get 50% because there are many constituencies where there's three parties running?

 

[PR1Berske]

Your post suggests otherwise

You think all my posts suggest otherwise, it's like having a well meaning if somewhat persistent fact checker following me around

 

[JimW]

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Surprised people who like swimming underwater are such a large constituency and politically organised on those lines.

 

[Pickman's model]

You think all my posts suggest otherwise, it's like having a well meaning if somewhat persistent fact checker following me around

I think two of your posts suggest confusion and this one hyperbollocks. There's likely 6000 of your posts which display neither.

 

[maomao]

Surprised people who like swimming underwater are such a large constituency and politically organised on those lines.

It's a coalition of deep-sea, springboard, platform and muff.