French Legislative Election 2017

[Antonio the Sixth]

I hope Hamon rebuilds the party, he is a good politician & a decent person & more preferable to Melenchon!

I hope so too, but what Mélenchon is doing is to make sure that this rebuilding never happens. He wants to kill the PS outright and leave no room for any political force between him and FBM. This is, again, the best way to ensure that the French left remains irrelevant.

A space between Macron and Melenchon is just a Muslim vote bank.

Really? Are there even 7% (Hamon's percentage) of muslims in France with the right to vote?

And was Hamon basically a muslim candidate? >.>

"Famous Mortimer" is a moron, please ignore him.

[Antonio the Sixth]

So a former PS presidential candidate who wants to defeat PS candidates, shouldn't he be excluded from PS?

[Antonio the Sixth]

Oh, I'd definitely vote for the FI stooge over Valls. He needs to be gone.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Constituencies polls by Ifop

Eure, 1st
Le Maire (economy minister, former LR, now LREM): 48%
Delacour (FN): 20%
Desprès (FI): 16%
Dioukhané (LR): 7%

Second round
Le Maire: 76%
Delacour: 24%

Essonne, 1st
Valls (DVG): 30%
Amrani (FI): 26%
Oger (FN): 12%
Varin (LR): 12%

Second round
Valls: 50%
Amrani: 50%

It would be hilarious if Valls loses to someone from FI

Would Mélenchon running in this constituency be more smart for him? Not safe, but he served much time as senator for Essonne.

That's what he'd do if he wasn't a self-serving piece of sh*t, yes.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Huh, for some reason expats vote on June 3 for the first round. Good thing I found out in time.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Anyone thinks Ferrandgate could seriously hurt LREM? It hasn't yet, but it seems to be slowly building up like Penelopegate did back in February.

[Antonio the Sixth]

(And obviously there is no comparison between this Ferrand scandal and the Fillon scandal)

Sure, but the optics still look terrible. I don't think it's a big deal in and of itself, but if it can sink LREM a bit, I'll take it.

[Antonio the Sixth]

BTW, has anyone seen a poll of the 1st constituency for the French Abroad? It'd be helpful to see if there's a candidate worth voting tactically for or if there's no point.

[Antonio the Sixth]

No polls, and since the vote is Sunday probably no poll at all.

I would think that Lescure (LREM) will be way ahead (maybe above 50% but due to high abstention not elected in the first round) and that Lefebvre (LR) is the favorite to be in the runoff, but maybe there is a chance for a left-wing candidate to be second. But which left-wing candidate I don't know, Mélenchon has done a good score in that constituency, but FI is clearly down since the presidential election, and maybe that PS is not as dead for the French abroad than it is the people in France.

Ugh, yeah, I really don't want to vote for FI.

Acceptable choices would be Socialists, EELV, commies, Nouvelle Donne, and a few of the other left-leaning indies.

[Antonio the Sixth]

If anyone is wondering, I've decided that I'll vote for Jocelyne Le Boulicaut (EELV) on the first round, and write in a fictional character in the inevitable LREM-LR runoff.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Apparently French people are going to give a legislative majority to ANYONE who's been elected President, no matter the circumstances. I'm sure Panzergirl is taking note.

[Antonio the Sixth]

French abroad, 1st (North America)
Lescure (LREM): 54.26%
Lefebvre* (LR): 13.37%
Langlois (FI): 12%
Chantrel (PS): 9.13%

Are these full results? What's the source?

[Antonio the Sixth]

French abroad, 1st (North America)
Lescure (LREM): 54.26%
Lefebvre* (LR): 13.37%
Langlois (FI): 12%
Chantrel (PS): 9.13%

Are these full results? What's the source?

Yes, apparently the full results, still unofficial.
Source (tweet by a random Twitter user but retaken by AFP, RTL and RFI journalists)
Some results by consulate in the US

The candidate I voted for got 10 votes in my consulate.

[Antonio the Sixth]

I don't oppose the idea of constituencies for the French abroad, but given the abysmal turnout, I really think we should reduce them to like 4 or 5.

[Antonio the Sixth]

So this is gonna be a snoozefest. Great.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Yeah funny that during the presidential campaign one of the main argument against Macron was that he could not have a majority in the Assembly, now they warn about "one party system"

One of the reasons I could bring myself to voting for FBM in the runoff was because I thought he probably wouldn't get an absolute majority.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Yeah funny that during the presidential campaign one of the main argument against Macron was that he could not have a majority in the Assembly, now they warn about "one party system"

One of the reasons I could bring myself to voting for FBM in the runoff was because I thought he probably wouldn't get an absolute majority.

And now you have the joy of having (or not) to choose between Lescure or Lefebvre.

I won't.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Tbh, vote-to-seat projections are absolutely meaningless in the French electoral system. LREM could win 300 or 450 seats for all we know.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Clearly it's getting the votes of former PS voters. Jesus F**king Christ this is disgusting.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Not even half the voters bothered to show up. This is beyond pathetic.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Mélenchon pretending he won. ROFL.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Mélenchon pretending he won. ROFL.

Did he just say "le peuple populaire"?

[Antonio the Sixth]

Philippe: "France is back!"

I want to puke.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Benoit Hamon is defeated.

This is absolutely f**king depressing.

[Antonio the Sixth]

This is disgusting.

I've said it before but it's truer than ever: England should have won the 100 years war.