France 2012: the official thread

[Andrea]

Always from the TNS-Sofres poll

best candidate for presidency

Hollande 44
Aubry 20
Montebourg 12
Valls 14
Royal 8
Baylet 2

most sincere


Hollande 31
Aubry 26
Montebourg 23
Valls 28
Royal 15
Baylet 12

most dinamique

Hollande  24
Aubry 20
Montebourg 34
Valls 37
Royal 18
Baylet 4

most competent

Hollande 53
Aubry 32
Montebourg 17
Valls 18
Royal 13
Baylet 5

most credible on economy and growth

Hollande 48
Aubry 25
Montebourg 22
Valls 18
Royal 13
Baylet 6

most credible on fiscalité and defiction reduction

Hollande 45
Aubry 24
Montebourg 22
Valls 20
Royal  14
Baylet 7

most credibile on law and order (securité)

Hollande  31
Aubry 23
Montebourg 15
Valls 31
Royal  22
Baylet 7

most credible on social protection


Hollande 32
Aubry 39
Montebourg 14
Valls 13
Royal 23
Baylet 9

[Andrea]

Sarkozy 10,5 millions people audience yesterday on TV, quite big, but lol, DSK had done 14 millions at the same place to explain himself on his 'New-York adventure'. Would be interesting to know Hollande's audience.

According to Le Figaro, Hollande's interview the following day got 6.4 million viewers.
Meanwhile TF1's new political show got their worst prime time market share since 1991: just 2.2m people (8.9% market share) watched Bayrou and Joly last night.

[Andrea]

Voters in Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, Guyane, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin have started to vote for French presidency.
Polynésie will start today at 8 PM (Paris time) and Nouvelle Caledonie at 11pm

Closing time in Outre-Mèr according to French mainland time zone:
Saint-Pierre et Miquelon: today 22:30
Guyane: today at 23:30
Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin: tonight at 0:30
Polynésie will finish tomorrow morning at 6:30
Nouvelle Caledonie: 9:30

Reunion and Mayotte will vote tomorrow: 6 AM to 4:30PM in La Reunion and 7 AM to 7:30 PM in Mayotee.

70% of municipalities will close polling stations at 18:00 tomorrow with a few cities (for ex Toulon, Béziers, Sète, Rennes, Orléans) carrying on until 19:00. Polls will close at 20:00 in Ile de France (except Seine-Marne), Nice, Marseille, Strasbourg, Reims, Montpellier, Toulouse parts of Haute-Garonne, Lyon, Villeurbanne, Grenoble, Saint-Etienne, Bordeaux, Angers and Nantes.

[Andrea]

what is the logic behind big cities voting longer? I mean, they are bigger, but they should have more polling stations anyway. Because city people go out for a weekend at la campagne to be back in town for dinner?

[Andrea]

La Tribune de Geneve has published results from Saint Pierre, Saint Martin, Guadaloupe, Martinique and Guyane
http://www.tdg.ch/monde/francois-hollande-arrive-tete-outremer/story/13506241

[Andrea]

Can I ask a stupid question about voting procedures? My dad asked me this and I own him the answer.
When you go to polling stations, you pick a ballot paper indicating each candidates/lists and an envelope, then you go into the polling booth and put the paper with the name of your favourite candidate in the envelope. You go out and put the envelope in the ballot box.
What do you do with the ballot papers indicating the names of other candidates/lists? Do you throw them in the rubbish in the polling booth or do you have to take them home?

[Andrea]

Can I ask a stupid question about voting procedures? My dad asked me this and I own him the answer.
When you go to polling stations, you pick a ballot paper indicating each candidates/lists and an envelope, then you go into the polling booth and put the paper with the name of your favourite candidate in the envelope. You go out and put the envelope in the ballot box.
What do you do with the ballot papers indicating the names of other candidates/lists? Do you throw them in the rubbish in the polling booth or do you have to take them home?

Basically everybody throws them away in a trash can inside the polling booth, while a few leave them lying there while a few decide to take them home (I kept my remaining ballots, but I didn't take all 10).

Thanks.

[Andrea]

It's better to have 2 shorter debates than this never ending thing IMO.

[Andrea]

Cheminade will vote Hollande

[Andrea]

Bayrou said he won't give an official advice to MoDem voters but he will personally vote for Hollande