French Presidential Elections survivor - winner: 1974 !

[Hash]

1995
1981

[Hans-im-Glück]

1974
1995

[Edu]

1995
1965

[Magic 8-Ball]

1995
1965

[Antonio the Sixth]

1995
1965

[big bad fab]

1848
1965
1969
1974
1981
1988
1995
2002
2007
2012

Results:
Round 1: 1848 6, 1969 5, 2012 3, 1988 0, 2002 0, 1995, -1, 2007 -2, 1981 -3, 1965 -4, 1974 -4
Round 2: 2012 8, 1969 6, 1988 2, 2002 2
Round 3: 1969 19, 1988 7, 2002 4, 2007 3, 1981 1, 1995 1, invalid vote (1848) 1
Round 4: 1988 3, 2002 2
Round 5: 2002 10, 1995 8, 2007 6, 1965 3, 1981 3
Round 6: 2007 1, 1965 0, 1981 -1
Round 7: 1995 6, 1965 3, 1981 2, 1974 1

Rules:
Each round will last for 24 hours+.
In each round, the election which has received the biggest total of points will be eliminated.
In case of a tie, the election which has received the biggest total of points in previous rounds will be eliminated.
In case of a new tie, the most recent election will be eliminated.

ROUND 8 IS OPEN !

In this round, you vote to eliminate 2 elections and to keep 1 election.
We'll eliminate the election which will have received the biggest total of points.

[big bad fab]

Sorry for the delay.
The 14th of July is my birthday...

Eliminate:
1981
1974

Keep:
1965

[Edu]

Eliminate
1965
1981

Keep
1974

[Magic 8-Ball]

Eliminate
1965
1981

Keep
1974

Sorry for the delay.
The 14th of July is my birthday...

I hope it was a good one.

[Edu]

Oh yeah, i hope you had a happy 40th birthday Fab

[Antonio the Sixth]

Happy birthday Fab, funny it's on July 14.

Eliminate :
1965
1974

Keep :
1981

I'm satisfied because the top 3 is the right one, composed with the three most interesting/important elections. Still, 1981 deserves to win because of the decisive impact it had on the structure of French politics.

[Hash]

Eliminate
1965
1981

Keep
1974

[big bad fab]

Oh yeah, i hope you had a happy 40th birthday Fab

Yep, a great, great wine ! And very fine cheeses (though no Epoisses...)
Very lovely presents from my wife and my 2 boys.
And I've already felt old for some months now, so the birthday date itself wasn't too depressing ...

And I've solved recently one of the 2 BIG law problems in my family and in the family of my wife (many people aren't the same when they inherit money... that's amazing... hence, many obstacles and the need for me to "fight": but it requires so much energy and time !)

So, it was a good birthday. And the weather in Brittany is incredibly beautiful since the beginning of April and still is !!! (Hash and Antonio know what I'm referring to )

[big bad fab]

Château Léoville-Barton 1989.

The great, great wine.
A very, very fine Saint-Julien (from Médoc).

[Hans-im-Glück]

Happy birthday Fab, funny it's on July 14.

Eliminate :
1965
1974

Keep :
1981

[Bo]

Happy birthday Fab, funny it's on July 14.

Eliminate :
1965
1974

Keep :
1981

[big bad fab]

1848
1965
1969
1974
1981
1988
1995
2002
2007
2012

Results:
Round 1: 1848 6, 1969 5, 2012 3, 1988 0, 2002 0, 1995, -1, 2007 -2, 1981 -3, 1965 -4, 1974 -4
Round 2: 2012 8, 1969 6, 1988 2, 2002 2
Round 3: 1969 19, 1988 7, 2002 4, 2007 3, 1981 1, 1995 1, invalid vote (1848) 1
Round 4: 1988 3, 2002 2
Round 5: 2002 10, 1995 8, 2007 6, 1965 3, 1981 3
Round 6: 2007 1, 1965 0, 1981 -1
Round 7: 1995 6, 1965 3, 1981 2, 1974 1
Round 8: 1965 5, 1974 1, 1981 1

Rules:
Each round will last for 24 hours+.
In each round, the election which has received the biggest total of points will be eliminated.
In case of a tie, the election which has received the biggest total of points in previous rounds will be eliminated.
In case of a new tie, the most recent election will be eliminated.

ROUND 9 IS OPEN !

In this round, you vote to eliminate 1 election.
We'll eliminate the election which will have received the biggest total of points.

[big bad fab]

Funny... Each time, it was Giscard vs Mitterrand... The finest TV debates, BTW.

Eliminate 1981

1974 for the win !

(so much drama on the right, so much suspense and a real defining election for party structures (until 2002, apart from the FN), more than 1965 and 1981)

[Antonio the Sixth]

The top 2 is the right one, once again. Now, that's really a hard pick. 1974 is certainly the most thrilling election ever, with a passionating campaign and a close result. As for 1981, it's the election that built the 5th Republic as we know it today, with a strong PS rivalized by a weakening PCF, and the UDF-RPR war, a continuous alternance between right and left. In 1974, there was still the "programme commun", still the gaullist UDR, and the center-right was divided into half a dozen of parties.

Well, maybe it's only for emotional reasons, but I'll take 1981.

[Hans-im-Glück]

Eliminate   1974

1981 for the win

[Edu]

1974 for the win

[Hash]

1974 to win

[Magic 8-Ball]

1974 ftw.

[big bad fab]

1848
1965
1969
1974
1981
1988
1995
2002
2007
2012

Results:
Round 1: 1848 6, 1969 5, 2012 3, 1988 0, 2002 0, 1995, -1, 2007 -2, 1981 -3, 1965 -4, 1974 -4
Round 2: 2012 8, 1969 6, 1988 2, 2002 2
Round 3: 1969 19, 1988 7, 2002 4, 2007 3, 1981 1, 1995 1, invalid vote (1848) 1
Round 4: 1988 3, 2002 2
Round 5: 2002 10, 1995 8, 2007 6, 1965 3, 1981 3
Round 6: 2007 1, 1965 0, 1981 -1
Round 7: 1995 6, 1965 3, 1981 2, 1974 1
Round 8: 1965 5, 1974 1, 1981 1
Round 9: 1981 4, 1974 2

SURVIVOR:
1974 !

With some young candidates or political actors...

[Antonio the Sixth]

Well, that's fair enough.