Past French prez elections today: President Jean-Louis BORLOO, 1974-1981

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(Please have a look to the last posts of the 2 previous topics, as I've updated, in a sort of mini-TL, the way in which the polls took place in 1969 and 1974)

Jean-Louis Borloo (<-> Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, leader of the more liberal and moderate wing of the right, with a reformist and "modern" image and who is at the moment the only big politician from the right who isn't a Gaullist)

Michel Barnier (<-> Jacques Chaban-Delmas, an important man of the  Gaullist movement a few years ago, from the social wing of the Gaullist movement, with a moderate stance in many fields and some appeal up to the left)

Martine Aubry (<-> François Mitterrand, not-really-good-in-the-medias (at the time!) leader of the Socialist party, with a "traditional" positioning and which, under his/her leadership, isn't at all a social democratic party)

Jean Royer (<-> Philippe de Villiers, leader of a traditional moral and conservative right, seen by some opponents as a ridiculous man, quickly sidelined in his own camp)

Nicolas Hulot (<-> René Dumont, Green candidate who isn't inside a party, who is quite well viewed in the medias and who has predicted many horrible environmental trends in the future)

Carl Lang (<-> Jean-Marie Le Pen, leader of a very small (at the time) extreme-right party)

Robert Barcia (<-> Arlette Laguiller, unknown leader of the "purest" Trotskyite party)

Jean-Marie Bockel (<-> Emile Muller, leader of a social democratic party that turned centre-right after many disappointments and sidelining in the left)

Yves Salesse (<-> Alain Krivine, one leader of the intellectual extreme-left of the time)

Claude Allègre (<-> Bertrand Renouvin.... well... I needed a man who isn't where you think he is: he sould be on the right (left) and he is on the left (right); a man who cannot be classified easily; a man who supports the main candidate of the other wing: Mitterrand/Sarkozy; a man who is viewed as an outsider)

Jean-Marc Governatori (<-> Jean-Claude Sebag, unknown figure from a very tiny "reformist" and European federalist party)

Franck Biancheri (<-> Guy Héraud, unknown figure from a very tiny European federalist party)

Sorry for my very weak Allègre-Renouvin pair... But I can't do better (unless you've got other ideas...).

Sorry for comparing this Hulot with Dumont, but again, I'm trying to pick the (wo)men who have the same political and "tactical" positioning.

Sorry to Hashemite for my Royer equivalent... But it's difficult to do otherwise.

As for Governatori and Biancheri, they may be switched between Héraud and Sebag: I must acknowkedge it's not easy for me to make a difference between those 2 1974 candidates.... But I think the 2 are fine picks, really.
(Governatori, Biancheri and, of course, Salesse and Barcia are REAL names... I must say it because some of you may not be sure... )

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To choose between those 12 candidates, you have 12 votes, that you must cast along this formula: 7 - 3 - 1 - 1

Vote is open in the first round !

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7 votes for Barnier
3 votes for Borloo
1 vote for Bockel
1 vote for Hulot

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7 for Hulot
3 for Borloo
1 for Aubry
1 for Barnier


Very good choice for candidates.

Thanks and fine to see that you use all the "freedom" my system gives to us.
My vote is more "classic". But you'll see in one or two other elections that I will have some different choics also, even if less than yours in this "à la 1974" election.

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All the precincts haven't reported, but here are some partial results:

Hulot 13
Aubry 9
Barnier 9
Bockel 9
Borloo 9
Salesse 7
Barcia 3
Allègre 1

Well, well, well, we need more voters...

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Mes amis,

Je me permets une petite incise en français "dans le texte", afin de ne froisser personne.
Etant donné la nécessité de départager, j'ai demandé à Benoît -qui a très gentiment accepté- de se joindre à nous, au moins momentanément.

Mais j'ai également sollicité le précédent intervenant, croyant en fait en solliciter un autre (je ne donne pas les noms, vous reconnaîtrez), Capverdien installé en Belgique et vrai francophone, comme vous l'aurez remarqué...
La gaffe...!!

Avec une nouvelle égalité à la suite du vote de Benoît, j'ai sollicité Umengus et MaxQue, pour les mêmes raisons et quelles que soient leurs orientations.
Je vais attendre un peu de voir si MaxQue et notre Capverdien de Belgique votent.
Je n'aurai pas de raison de ne pas compter leur vote, de même que pour Umengus, qui a voté comme bon lui semblait.

En revanche, rassurez-vous, je ne compterai pas notre précédent intervenant, qui a simplement recopié mon propre vote.

Comme quoi, mon système n'est pas encore assez raffiné pour éviter les égalités...

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OK, I've thought about a military coup in order to solve all this mess...
But I'm now forced to add some new rules.

Nicolas Hulot is already in the second round (13 votes).

Aubry (10), Barnier (9), Bockel (9), Salesse (7), Biancheri (7), Barcia (4), Villiers (3), Governatori (0) are eliminated.

Now, you cast just one vote to decide who will make it to the run-off against Hulot:
Jean-Louis Borloo or Claude Allègre (tie with 11 votes for each of them).

Please vote !

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One vote to push Jean-Louis Borloo to the second round !

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FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION "à la 1974"
Official results of the first round

With all the precincts now reporting and after a ballot recounting, validated by the Constitutional Council, Jean-Louis Borloo will be opposed to Nicolas Hulot in the 2nd round ! Envionrmental debates in sight !

85 votes
Nicolas Hulot 13 votes (15.3%)
Jean-Louis Borloo 12 votes (14.1%)
Claude Allègre 11 votes (12.9%)
Martine Aubry 10 votes (11.8%)
Michel Barnier 9 votes (10.6%)
Jean-Marie Bockel 9 votes (10.6%)
Yves Salesse 7 votes (8.2%)
Franck Biancheri 7 votes (8.2%)
Robert Barcia 4 votes (4.7%)
Philippe de Villiers 3 votes (3.5%)
Jean-Marc Governatori 0 vote (0.0%)

Second round

2 candidates:

Jean-Louis Borloo (<-> Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, leader of the more liberal and moderate wing of the right, with a reformist and "modern" image and who is at the moment the only big politician from the right who isn't a Gaullist)

Michel Barnier (<-> Jacques Chaban-Delmas, an important man of the  Gaullist movement a few years ago, from the social wing of the Gaullist movement, with a moderate stance in many fields and some appeal up to the left)

Martine Aubry (<-> François Mitterrand, not-really-good-in-the-medias (at the time!) leader of the Socialist party, with a "traditional" positioning and which, under his/her leadership, isn't at all a social democratic party)

Jean Royer (<-> Philippe de Villiers, leader of a traditional moral and conservative right, seen by some opponents as a ridiculous man, quickly sidelined in his own camp)

Nicolas Hulot (<-> René Dumont, Green candidate who isn't inside a party, who is quite well viewed in the medias and who has predicted many horrible environmental trends in the future)

Carl Lang (<-> Jean-Marie Le Pen, leader of a very small (at the time) extreme-right party)

Robert Barcia (<-> Arlette Laguiller, unknown leader of the "purest" Trotskyite party)

Jean-Marie Bockel (<-> Emile Muller, leader of a social democratic party that turned centre-right after many disappointments and sidelining in the left)

Yves Salesse (<-> Alain Krivine, one leader of the intellectual extreme-left of the time)

Claude Allègre (<-> Bertrand Renouvin.... well... I needed a man who isn't where you think he is: he sould be on the right (left) and he is on the left (right); a man who cannot be classified easily; a man who supports the main candidate of the other wing: Mitterrand/Sarkozy; a man who is viewed as an outsider)

Jean-Marc Governatori (<-> Jean-Claude Sebag, unknown figure from a very tiny "reformist" and European federalist party)

Franck Biancheri (<-> Guy Héraud, unknown figure from a very tiny European federalist party)

After this very widespread vote in the first round, you have 2 votes in the second round, that you may cast either 2-0 or 1-1.

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2 votes for Jean-Louis Borloo

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Why would you cast your votes 1-1? That's essentially a blank ballot.

2 for Hulot.

Because of the pleasure of just voting and taking part in a poll !
You might find cases where you can't decide yourself, or where someone wants to take part in but doesn't know enough on both the candidates.
Of course, it's an extreme case, but why not ?

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It's a tie for the moment...
Come on, we need your votes !

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FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION "à la 1974"
Official results of the first round

7 voters
Nicolas Hulot 13 votes (15.3%)
Jean-Louis Borloo 12 votes (14.1%)
Claude Allègre 11 votes (12.9%)
Martine Aubry 10 votes (11.8%)
Michel Barnier 9 votes (10.6%)
Jean-Marie Bockel 9 votes (10.6%)
Yves Salesse 7 votes (8.2%)
Franck Biancheri 7 votes (8.2%)
Robert Barcia 4 votes (4.7%)
Philippe de Villiers 3 votes (3.5%)
Jean-Marc Governatori 0 vote (0.0%)

Official results of the second round

7 voters
Jean-Louis Borloo 8 votes (57.1%)
Nicolas Hulot 6 votes (42.9%)

Jean-Louis Borloo is elected the third President of the (current) French Republic !



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