French Presidential Election : Second Turn Today

[Rabid]

Second Turn of the French Presidential Election today.

The candidates are :

Nicolas Sarkozy - "Union pour un mouvement populaire / UMP"
François Hollande - "Parti socialiste / PS"



It seems, at first glance, that participation is higher this turn than during the first one. If François Hollande is expected to win, the polls have been so tight and hectic in the last two weeks that the final result is still up in the air.

[D.Turtle]

I really hope Hollande will win and put additional pressure on Germany to go away from self-defeating pure austerity towards something including a lot more investment. If Sarkozy wins, there is very little chance of that happening.

[Rabid]

First official results at 20h French Hour. Definitive results tomorrow.


First estimations from the RTL (Belgium) would put Hollande elected with 53%, but with such narrow margins... I'm not going to place any bet.



Hollande elected, I fear he'd end up compromising, doing too little too late to do any good.

What I would give to have a REAL Left-Wing, Socialist government these days, and not that center-left, "Bourgeois" parody we have today at the Socialist Party... The same people who are killing Spain and Greece today...


It's a shame Mélenchon didn't make it to the Second-Turn. Well, at least he offered the Communists their best score in long while : 14% is far better than 3-5%... I just hope we'll do a better job gaining votes and seats during the Legislative Election than during the Presidential.

[Siege]

The Guardian calls it for Hollande with 51.9% of the vote. That's one damned small margin to win an election by, but hey, a victory for the socialists is a victory for the socialists.

[Rabid]

Given how narrow the margin is, and given how this election was shaped, it is sadly plausible that the Legislative could see an Assembly with a Right-Wing majority.

We'll see...

[Dartzap]

Looks like Hollande took the prize.

[Sea Skimmer]

Sarkozy conceded. Anyone making the paper for printing Euros is popping a cork.