Napain to politics @lemmy.world · 5 months agoFrance: A left-wing coalition unexpectedly surged and the far-right National Rally fell shortimagemessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1267arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1264arrow-down1imageFrance: A left-wing coalition unexpectedly surged and the far-right National Rally fell shortNapain to politics @lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square47fedilinkfile-text
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/07/07/world/france-election-2024/the-polls-are-about-to-close-in-france-heres-what-to-know
minus-squareOldWoodFrame@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 months agoI do not understand how this can happen. Like obviously polls can be wrong but did the far right not win the first round of voting?
minus-squareセリャスト@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up23·edit-25 months agoBecause the centre and left candidates that arrived 3rd in three-ways against the RN removed themseves from the vote to allow for a bigger front and it worked
minus-squarestringere@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoI’m crying with envy that this is even a thing for others.
I do not understand how this can happen.
Like obviously polls can be wrong but did the far right not win the first round of voting?
Because the centre and left candidates that arrived 3rd in three-ways against the RN removed themseves from the vote to allow for a bigger front and it worked
I’m crying with envy that this is even a thing for others.