Looks like Macron and Le Pen are going to be the candidates for the second round:



With 85% of the votes counted so far it's pretty much certain it's going to be these two... the only question is who will finish the first round in the lead, since that 1% difference could dissipate when the remaining 15% of the votes are counted.

Thoughts?

I figured Le Pen would win this with by a around a 3% margin (and then clearly lose the second round). Perhaps the rise of Mélenchon, who is pretty euroskeptic, has hurt her a bit.

I don't really care if the left, right or whatever wins in a country that's not mine, but looking into the views each candidate had regarding the EU, I'm glad that Macron, the candidate that is most in favour of greater european integration, has made it to the second round and now has a huge chance of becoming president.


edit: Hamon and Fillon have both said they'll vote for Macron to stand against Le Pen, and Mélenchon has said he will consult the voters of his party before making a decision.

This post was edited by zarkadon on Apr 23 2017 04:38pm

gogo pen ftw

1st round, and in a no competition election hardly worth mentioning. the winner is already decided before the election begin. I'm more interested in china government high lvl conflicted, i/e guo wen gui fiasco.

I'm hoping for Le Pen because she will force the men in the country to grow a fucking pair. The other guy is a Communist.

Now that Trump has been elected I'm just hoping to watch the world burn. Keep things interesting.

Macron wins, but Le Pen pulls the country to the right.

Pretty rich that she's the manliest one up there.

Voting the girl obviously, what are you? Gay?

How big are they?

My bad, I thought it said "French Erection thread"

This post was edited by CocaineKitty on Apr 23 2017 05:44pm

Le Pen is a giant underdog. Also she blows.



This post was edited by Voyaging on Apr 23 2017 06:14pm