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French far-left presidential candidate Melenchon blames Ukraine's deep strikes for war escalation (kyivindependent.com)
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[–] 34 points 5 days ago (15 children)

With Melanchon being a tankie and Le Pen a fascist, Macron's brand of right-leaning centrism unfortunately benefits.

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  • [–] [S] 11 points 5 days ago (13 children)

    It’s illegal for Macron to run for another presidential election.

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  • [–] 16 points 5 days ago (12 children)

    That's why I said 'Macron's brand' versus just 'Macron'; it's highly unlikely that his replacement would make a sudden veer to the left.

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 5 days ago (11 children)

    I’m confused why LePen’s party hasn’t taken a hit for engaging in a supply and confidence agreement with Macron’s party.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 days ago (10 children)

    Because the agreement gave some concessions and not being in full power is in their minds a momentary set back

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 5 days ago (9 children)

    I really hope France doesn’t go fasciste.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 days ago (8 children)

    Probably not. The French left, right, and Macronist Center Right clearly have an evenish split with none of the three blocks big on giving one another a majority. So power is going to be who gets the plurality

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  • [–] 1 point 4 days ago (5 children)

    Currently the polls have Le Pen winning in the second round against Melonchon or a centrist if she gets to through the second round (whihc seems almost certain).

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  • [–] 1 point 3 days ago (4 children)

    It's a dead heat for second place. And while polls say that I am not 100% sure they are accounting for tactical voting

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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago (3 children)

    There is no tactical voting in the second round of a presidential election, there are only 2 candidates. It would be a straight up choice of do the French people prefer a centrist/leftist or a fascist.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago (2 children)

    aka a tactical vote as one literally has the option to not vote or spoil their ballot (risk of causing a vote split situation obviously but still.)

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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago (1 child)

    I guess. Bit odd to describe just a regular vote of picking one of the two available options as tactical voting though. The polling definitely takes people voting into account.

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