Re: France\'s Election is Today
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First round of elections only. IT will be Sarkowshy vs Royale, I hope, in the run-off!
I hope Le Pen doesn't get a guernsey this time!
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Even though democracy is ridiculous, I think that this system (where a candidate must win by a true majority) is better than our system. The guarantee of popular-ish candidates making the final running makes it much more sensible to vote for a third party candidate (since if they don't win, it's not going to change the outcome in a negative fashion, i.e. voting green is like voting Republican). Seems to make it easier for people to vote their conscience rather than vote practically, thereby bypassing some of Duverger's law.
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