▲ 1185 ▼ French election 2024 live: exit poll shows shock win for left-green alliance as far right falls to third (www.theguardian.com) submitted 2 years ago by Womble@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world 236 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Supervisor194@lemmy.world 99 points 2 years ago (2 children) Wasn't the right poised to take it all in a landslide only just... checks notes - yesterday? permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 68 points 2 years ago Yes they were, and both the NFP and the Macronists collaborated to drop their own candidates strategically to beat the NR. Had either one of them not done that, the NR would have won. Had both of them not done that the NR would have had a majority. permalink fedilink source parent [–] dcat@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago i mean, they got the most votes. the only reason they didn’t win is cause all the other parties are forming a coalition. they got 1/3 of the vote permalink fedilink source parent
[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 68 points 2 years ago Yes they were, and both the NFP and the Macronists collaborated to drop their own candidates strategically to beat the NR. Had either one of them not done that, the NR would have won. Had both of them not done that the NR would have had a majority. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dcat@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago i mean, they got the most votes. the only reason they didn’t win is cause all the other parties are forming a coalition. they got 1/3 of the vote permalink fedilink source parent