France 2012: the official thread
       |           

Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
Did you miss your activation email?
March 28, 2024, 06:08:18 AM
News: Election Simulator 2.0 Released. Senate/Gubernatorial maps, proportional electoral votes, and more - Read more

  Talk Elections
  Other Elections - Analysis and Discussion
  International Elections (Moderators: afleitch, Hash)
  France 2012: the official thread
« previous next »
Pages: 1 ... 40 41 42 43 44 [45] 46 47 48 49 50 ... 87
Author Topic: France 2012: the official thread  (Read 358378 times)
Antonio the Sixth
Antonio V
Atlas Institution
*****
Posts: 57,959
United States


Political Matrix
E: -7.87, S: -3.83

P P
Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #1100 on: October 16, 2011, 01:02:31 PM »
« edited: October 16, 2011, 01:04:46 PM by Allez Martine ! »

So yeah, with 2/5 polls in, it seems hard for Aubry to win. What a shame.
Logged
jeron
Jr. Member
***
Posts: 662
Netherlands
Political Matrix
E: -1.16, S: -7.48

Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #1101 on: October 16, 2011, 01:03:16 PM »

483 000

56.48

Where is the "comeback girl" ?

She 's only ahead in Nord and Pas de Calais, so no comeback here.
Logged
big bad fab
filliatre
Atlas Icon
*****
Posts: 13,344
Ukraine


Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #1102 on: October 16, 2011, 01:04:21 PM »

757 000
56.61

She's humiliated for the moment. Fine ! But a UMPer can't rejoice long Tongue
Logged
You kip if you want to...
change08
Junior Chimp
*****
Posts: 8,940
United Kingdom
Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #1103 on: October 16, 2011, 01:12:17 PM »

Considering all of the other candidates basically endorsed Francois, this shouldn't really be a surprise...
Logged
Antonio the Sixth
Antonio V
Atlas Institution
*****
Posts: 57,959
United States


Political Matrix
E: -7.87, S: -3.83

P P
Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #1104 on: October 16, 2011, 01:24:30 PM »

There is something I don't get though. The "estimated" results say 4837/9425 polls are counted, ie more than half, but the vote total is only 1,179,448, which is far less than half of the 1st round total. So either turnout has actually fallen from the 1st round, or the polls counted so far are significantly smaller than average...

Indeed, a quick extrapolation assuming uniformly populated polls gives only around 2,4 milions...
Logged
big bad fab
filliatre
Atlas Icon
*****
Posts: 13,344
Ukraine


Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #1105 on: October 16, 2011, 01:25:15 PM »

Considering all of the other candidates basically endorsed Francois, this shouldn't really be a surprise...

That doesn't work like that, really.

Either the "vote utile" (useful vote) has been big, or Hollande was really victim of demobilization in the first round.
Logged
big bad fab
filliatre
Atlas Icon
*****
Posts: 13,344
Ukraine


Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #1106 on: October 16, 2011, 01:27:26 PM »

1 416 000
56.53
Logged
Hash
Hashemite
Moderator
Atlas Superstar
*****
Posts: 32,401
Colombia


WWW Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #1107 on: October 16, 2011, 01:31:02 PM »

lol Aubry
Logged
Keystone Phil
Atlas Institution
*****
Posts: 52,611


Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #1108 on: October 16, 2011, 01:33:46 PM »

Awwww-bry  Sad


It would have been easier to root for Sarkozy over her.
Logged
big bad fab
filliatre
Atlas Icon
*****
Posts: 13,344
Ukraine


Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #1109 on: October 16, 2011, 01:35:43 PM »

1 634 000
56.45
Logged
You kip if you want to...
change08
Junior Chimp
*****
Posts: 8,940
United Kingdom
Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #1110 on: October 16, 2011, 01:48:41 PM »

Francois' over a million.
Logged
big bad fab
filliatre
Atlas Icon
*****
Posts: 13,344
Ukraine


Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #1111 on: October 16, 2011, 02:09:09 PM »

2 109 000
56.35
Logged
Hash
Hashemite
Moderator
Atlas Superstar
*****
Posts: 32,401
Colombia


WWW Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #1112 on: October 16, 2011, 02:09:42 PM »

Does Nadine Morono make money or something when she says retarded things? Is she like in a contest with Cope and Jacob for "say the most inane things"?
Logged
Math
math
Jr. Member
***
Posts: 369
France


Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #1113 on: October 16, 2011, 02:21:14 PM »

Does Nadine Morono make money or something when she says retarded things? Is she like in a contest with Cope and Jacob for "say the most inane things"?

She reminds me... well... a beheaded chicken that is still clucking.
Logged
Antonio the Sixth
Antonio V
Atlas Institution
*****
Posts: 57,959
United States


Political Matrix
E: -7.87, S: -3.83

P P
Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #1114 on: October 16, 2011, 02:30:48 PM »

Rythm of updates slowing down... We'll probably not have more than 3/4ths of the ballots before I go to bed. Tongue
Logged
Hash
Hashemite
Moderator
Atlas Superstar
*****
Posts: 32,401
Colombia


WWW Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #1115 on: October 16, 2011, 02:46:43 PM »

I usually find him boring as a sack of potatoes, but Hollande gave a good speech. Nice way to really fire up the party, like Royal had failed to do in 2007 (because she was an arrogant entitled bitch).
Logged
Hash
Hashemite
Moderator
Atlas Superstar
*****
Posts: 32,401
Colombia


WWW Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #1116 on: October 16, 2011, 03:42:29 PM »

Preliminary map

Logged
Insula Dei
belgiansocialist
YaBB God
*****
Posts: 4,326
Belgium


Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #1117 on: October 16, 2011, 04:01:41 PM »

Oh well, Hollande does have the benefit of seeming like his vague, personalist way of doing politics might give us 2 terms in the Elysée, which is probably just as well as one really, really good term.
Logged
big bad fab
filliatre
Atlas Icon
*****
Posts: 13,344
Ukraine


Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #1118 on: October 16, 2011, 04:35:14 PM »

Boring evening (I mean results: no suspense at all).

I failed big with my 51.5-48.5.
Polls too: they were at 52 or 53.

Hollande is really a fine tactician. He has proved it tonight too.
His speech at Solferino was really mitterrandian.
Messier inside his HQ.

Why this result ?
Aubry was excessive ? The leftists have a sole idea: beat Sarkozy ? Hollande voters were missing in the 1st round and they just came back ? Polls were right from the beginning Tongue ?
Logged
big bad fab
filliatre
Atlas Icon
*****
Posts: 13,344
Ukraine


Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #1119 on: October 16, 2011, 07:02:26 PM »


Somme has just switched, for a fistful of votes, to Aubry.
Logged
Filuwaúrdjan
Realpolitik
Atlas Institution
*****
Posts: 67,609
United Kingdom


Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #1120 on: October 16, 2011, 08:07:44 PM »

The stronger of the two candidates, so the better of the two possible results, even if... yeah.
Logged
Tender Branson
Mark Warner 08
Atlas Institution
*****
Posts: 58,173
Austria


Political Matrix
E: -6.06, S: -4.84

Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #1121 on: October 17, 2011, 03:01:30 AM »


Actual result:

56.6% Hollande
43.4% Aubry

Smiley
Logged
Antonio the Sixth
Antonio V
Atlas Institution
*****
Posts: 57,959
United States


Political Matrix
E: -7.87, S: -3.83

P P
Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #1122 on: October 17, 2011, 12:06:39 PM »

So it's over... I can't hide my disappointment, especially considering how promising the second round was, and how it was analysed by some friend of mine... Tongue Basically, I knew Hollande was going to win easily until the last week of campaign, and since then I've stupidly started to hope Aubry could pull a comeback (which was of course almost impossible for her). After all, I'm so used about people doing the wrong choice and putting personality and vagueness above competence and dedication, that I shouldn't even be complaining. Now, of course, I won't start saying Aubry was a great politician who would have been a formidable President : she had her flaws, maybe more of those than other candidates. She obviously doesn't come close to Jospin. But still, just like we did in 2002, we have kicked out of the race the candidate who would have been the best actual President. As Fabien certainly knows, the great Rocard put it better than anybody : "the qualities that make you able to win a presidential election are uncompatible which those that make you a good President". Wink Rocard was thousand times right, even though I still cherish inside mylself the staunch hope to eventually prove him wrong.

Now, let's stop whining, and look at the bright sides. Because there are. In my rationalist mood, I already started to list them before the election, in order to minimize a possible disappointment. So, here there are :
- First of all, this is a strong win. It's of course a bit sad for Aubry, but honestly, a 56% win for Hollande is by far preferable to a 50.1% win for him. This clear and straight win definitely kills any attempt by the UMP to delegitimize the candidate (of course, they would have tried to do if the margin had been narrower). Also, it helps giving the new candidate a momentum which he can keep for a few months (hopefully until the decisive december-february period).
- A Hollande victory leaves also far less potential to internal PS divisions. If Aubry had pulled a win (besides the fact such a win would have been quite narrow, see above), it would certainly had left far more serious wounds among the ex-future-winner. Hollandists would be extremely bitter to see their candidate losing after leading during the whole campaign, especially after Aubry's abrasive campaign in these last days. So they would be tempted to undermine her support, or at least not to help her as much as she will help Hollande now. Since Aubry is above all a party woman, she will remain loyal to the party's candidate (her last night's speech, extremely unambiguous, already proves it). As for Hollandists, they have no business starting a "long knives night" before even being sure of victory, and they know Aubry's help will be decisive especially for negociating with other parties.
- With this final campaign, Hollande has proven he can reply in an intelligent way when attacked. I (but Fabien too) clearly underestimated him when I thought he would be unable to frontally fight with Sarkozy. While Aubry is still stronger than him, he can do better than what he's shown us initially, and this will be a great asset for the actual campaign. His quiet and resolute style has worked well enough to convince left-wingers he was credible, and hopefully it will be the same with the whole France.
- As much as I dislike this argument, Hollande has strong intrinsecal assets to defeat Sarkozy. His appeal to centrist voters (especially now that Borloo retired), but also it's rural strength and his image of a quiet, modest, "normal" guy, could be a key for victory. Besides the obvious, simplistic arguments that has earned him so much support ("he's higher in polls !"), he has good characteristics for a candidate, especially against a sectarian President like Sarkozy.
- Hollande's team includes extremely clever, competent and good-willing people (Moscovici, Sapin...). Even though Hollande himself can be attacked as "too soft" those people will definitely do a great job as his ministers (Moscovici as PM ? Well, maybe I'm dreaming, but it would be a great pick Smiley). Aubry's team on the other hand was in great part filled with depressing apparatchiks like Fabius. Of course there are also good guys in Aubry's team and failures in Hollande's, but overall Hollande's seems better.
- Finally, Hollande's ability to attract local "notables" might be a very strong asset once he's in government. Once in power, the left will have to manage a left-wing Senate and overwhelmingly left-wing local institution. Maybe, having a "provincial" president might help keeping in touch with this "municipal socialists", making sure they remain loyal to the national majority and that their voice is heard into there. Of course this is also a drawback (what will he actually do against multiple officeholding ?), but a PS government can't afford losing the support of its local grassroots.

OK, so here is all I found, and I can say I've tried hard to find all this. Tongue I obviously won't deny I was very disappointed, but the general election is aproaching and we can't afford looking back. The only thing that matters is defeating Sarkozy in 2012, and with Hollande we have more than decent chances to succeed. Now, the most important. Mr. Hollande, François, a lot of left-wing people have voted for you because they thought you were the best candidate against Sarkozy. Without "vote utile", Aubry would probably have won. Listen, you were selected because we want you to win. So, you f**king got to beat Sarkozy in 2012. Or I swear God you'll pay.
Logged
Niemeyerite
JulioMadrid
Junior Chimp
*****
Posts: 6,803
Spain


Political Matrix
E: -8.65, S: -9.04

Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #1123 on: October 17, 2011, 04:42:08 PM »

Thanks for that, Antonio. I didn't know who I would support if I were French (Joly or Hollande) but Sarkozy needs to loose and Hollande will be a good President.
Logged
big bad fab
filliatre
Atlas Icon
*****
Posts: 13,344
Ukraine


Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #1124 on: October 18, 2011, 02:10:49 AM »
« Edited: October 18, 2011, 02:14:15 AM by big bad fab »

2012 Big Bad Tracker #24 - 17 October 2011      
            
Each opinion poll is ponderated with its sample and loses a ponderation of 15% each week: it may change after the autumn.            

I haven't given a ponderation based on the quality of pollsters, as big changes have occurred in their teams, without any certainty that the 2007 rating is still OK.      
And this tracker is built more out of fun than out of scientific seriousness... Wink      


      

Hollande   30,53
Sarkozy   22,25

Le Pen   16,27
Mélenchon   6,90
Joly   5,58
Bayrou   6,63
centre-right candidate   6,30
Villepin   3,43
Dupont-Aignan   0,41
Boutin   0,37
Nihous   0,04
Arthaud   0,90
Poutou   0,32
Chevènement   0,04
   
Hollande   58,33
Sarkozy   41,67

No new poll this week, so Sarkozy is just keeping heading down and Mélenchon heading up.

Hopefully, we'll soon have some polls, with 2 big changes:
- Borloo is out
- Hollande is the survivor.

Expect a big boost for Hollande, probably towards 35%.
It'll be interesting to see if Sarkozy is at least able to grasp 2 points from Borloo.
Bayrou should be slightly up. Morin should be tested.
Pay close attention to Joly and Mélenchon, in order to see if Aubry's defeat means a boost for them (I doubt it, though Mélenchon may be up again, as he is clearly on the rise).
Logged
Pages: 1 ... 40 41 42 43 44 [45] 46 47 48 49 50 ... 87  
« previous next »
Jump to:  


Login with username, password and session length

Terms of Service - DMCA Agent and Policy - Privacy Policy and Cookies

Powered by SMF 1.1.21 | SMF © 2015, Simple Machines

Page created in 0.075 seconds with 12 queries.