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  Who would you vote for in the first round of the French presidential election?
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Question: Assuming this is the list of candidates:
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Marine Le Pen (Front national)
 
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Emmanuel Macron (En Marche!)
 
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François Fillon (Les Republicans)
 
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Benoît Hamon (Parti socialiste)
 
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Jean-Luc Mélenchon (La France insoumise)
 
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François Bayrou (Mouvement démocrate)
 
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Nicolas Dupont-Aignan (Debout la France)
 
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Yannick Jadot (Europe Écologie – Les Verts)
 
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Philippe Poutou (Nouveau Parti anticapitaliste)
 
#10
Nathalie Arthaud (Lutte Ouvrière)
 
#11
Jacques Cheminade (Solidarité et Progrès)
 
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« on: February 06, 2017, 01:15:18 PM »

Now that the field has been more or less settled, who would you cast your vote for in the French presidential election on April 23?

Gotta be Macron for me - polling strong against Le Pen in the second round, and much closer to me politically than Fillon.
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« Reply #1 on: February 06, 2017, 01:18:56 PM »

Fillon. He's a crook but this is France we're talking about. And this probably is the only chance we get to elect someone as conservative as him in France. But I wouldn't mind if the LR replaces him with someone else.
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« Reply #2 on: February 06, 2017, 02:10:04 PM »

Macron easily. He can defeat Le Pen, and he doesn't seem to be corrupt like Fillon, or a hopeless throwback like some of the more "old left" candidates.
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« Reply #3 on: February 06, 2017, 04:27:38 PM »

Macron
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« Reply #4 on: February 06, 2017, 04:29:11 PM »

Again, Hamon in a heartbeat.
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« Reply #5 on: February 06, 2017, 04:29:23 PM »

Macron, easy vote. Interesting and pragmatic choice.
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« Reply #6 on: February 06, 2017, 04:30:21 PM »

     Le Pen, I guess. I really hope LR replace Fillon, since I don't think Le Pen can beat Macron.
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« Reply #7 on: February 06, 2017, 04:39:27 PM »

Hamon with great enthusiasm. There is no reason for him not come in second if people would just get in line
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« Reply #8 on: February 06, 2017, 04:47:06 PM »

Le Pen
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« Reply #9 on: February 06, 2017, 05:04:31 PM »

Flawless beautiful April Ludgate, followed by Christian Troadec or Yannick Jadot.
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« Reply #10 on: February 06, 2017, 05:07:25 PM »

Macron, with Hamon being my second preference.
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« Reply #11 on: February 06, 2017, 05:14:37 PM »

In the next round, Hamon. If it's Macron and he somehow loses to Le Pen, the far left will again claim that it was neoliberalism that lost, not them. Just run a far leftist and we'll win, they'll say. Only if Hamon actually gets a face off against Le Pen will we finally get to test their hypothesis. Also, Hamon would be harder for Julian Assange to oppose- there is a large contingent of leftists who aren't bothered by Assange nuking Hillary, but would be harder to justify themselves if he nuked Hamon. Hamon would force those people to either recognize that Assange is evil, or abandon their principles. And if Hamon actually gets in, it will be a test of "anti-neoliberal" government. The results of that would be useful lessons to other leftist parties. That said, anyone is better than Le Pen.
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« Reply #12 on: February 06, 2017, 05:17:26 PM »

If it's Macron and he somehow loses to Le Pen, the far left will again claim that it was neoliberalism that lost, not them.

...because that would be objectively true, yes.
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« Reply #13 on: February 06, 2017, 09:39:18 PM »

Fillon.
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« Reply #14 on: February 06, 2017, 11:39:43 PM »

1. Emmanuel Macron
2. François Bayrou
3. Union of Democrats/Independents
4. Oscar Temaru
5. Manuel Valls
6. Alain Juppe


7. François Fillon
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« Reply #15 on: February 07, 2017, 01:02:44 AM »

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« Reply #16 on: February 07, 2017, 02:44:31 AM »

Fillon is by far the least worst choice. Macron would be a distance second choice for me. Ultimately, in the second round, I'll likely support anyone not named Le Pen.
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« Reply #17 on: February 07, 2017, 09:05:20 AM »

Bayrou or Macron
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« Reply #18 on: February 07, 2017, 09:07:17 AM »

Hamon or Melechon (or however you spell his name) are the only reasonable option for a leftist.

Hamon Vote FTR.
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« Reply #19 on: February 07, 2017, 05:46:10 PM »

I'm kind of weirded out by all of the Le Pen votes. Are there really that many fascists here?
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« Reply #20 on: February 07, 2017, 06:30:45 PM »

I'm kind of weirded out by all of the Melenchon and Hamon votes. Are there really that many communists here?
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« Reply #21 on: February 07, 2017, 06:48:33 PM »

I'm kind of weirded out by all of the Melenchon and Hamon votes. Are there really that many communists here?

There's 3 Melenchon voters try again, and even he's not communist.
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« Reply #22 on: February 07, 2017, 06:49:10 PM »

Why would anyone vote for Hamon? Do you want Le Pen or Fillon to win?

Also, I think it's really funny how Lyndon LaRouche has a whole party in France.
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« Reply #23 on: February 07, 2017, 08:07:14 PM »

Why would anyone vote for Hamon? Do you want Le Pen or Fillon to win?

Because I'm f**king tired of having to choose between two awful neoliberal goons and for the first time in 15 years the PS has a candidate who deserves to bear its name.
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« Reply #24 on: February 07, 2017, 10:44:21 PM »

I'm kind of weirded out by all of the Melenchon and Hamon votes. Are there really that many communists here?

There's 3 Melenchon voters try again, and even he's not communist.

I was mocking Zioneer.

Le Pen is not a fascist - she is a right wing nationalist.
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