2017 French Presidential Election

[Vosem]

Watching clips of this translated into English from France 24, Melenchon is by far the most entertaining of these candidates; his mannerisms are much more Trumpian than anyone else's. I don't think I would've enjoyed him nearly as much if I thought he was a serious possibility for winning, but while he's languishing at 10-12% he's a lot of fun. Macron's and Le Pen's voices both came off as vaguely unsure and annoying (though perhaps it's simply the translators). Fillon and Hamon both come off as classically presidential, though Fillon can't have been helped by the other candidates making occasional snide remarks about or references to the banning of the hiring of relatives and the camera panning to Fillon not reacting. Hamon would've been OK, but the exchange where he tried to confront Macron about his movement's fundraising, where Hamon kept repeating to Macron, "I trust you, but...", seemed to come off as him implying that the differences between him and Macron are not so great.

[Vosem]

Amusingly, I got LePen and Melenchon dead last, even after all the cranks.

Fillon: 61%
Macron: 50%
Dupont-Aignan: 46%
Hamon: 42%
Cheminade: 38%
Poutou: 37%
Arthaud: 36%
Le Pen: 35%
Melenchon: 32%

I applied weights, but the numbers barely shifted (Poutou, Arthaud, and Melenchon all fell, with the first two falling behind Le Pen even though she barely declined to 34; while Fillon, Macron, and Dupont-Aignan all surged but stayed in the same order).

Would still vote Macron, though.

[Vosem]

I voted.

You were for Hamon, yes?