France's Election is Today

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Bizarre French Electorate

The choice is essentially between socialist Segolene Royal and more conservative Nicolas Sarkozy. There are other candidates who might make it into the runoff if they are lucky; it depends on the coalitions voters choose to take - these include the centrist Bayrou and the international embarassment to the French, Jean-Marie Le Pen, known more for his rightist views on French immigration than economic reform.