Womble@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoFrench election 2024 live: exit poll shows shock win for left-green alliance as far right falls to thirdwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square241fedilinkarrow-up11.19Karrow-down18
arrow-up11.18Karrow-down1external-linkFrench election 2024 live: exit poll shows shock win for left-green alliance as far right falls to thirdwww.theguardian.comWomble@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square241fedilink
minus-squareSupervisor194@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up100arrow-down1·5 months agoWasn’t the right poised to take it all in a landslide only just… checks notes - yesterday?
minus-squareAvid Amoeba@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up68·5 months agoYes they were, and both the NFP and the Macronists collaborated to drop their own candidates strategically to beat the NR. Had either one of them not done that, the NR would have won. Had both of them not done that the NR would have had a majority.
minus-squaredcat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·5 months agoi mean, they got the most votes. the only reason they didn’t win is cause all the other parties are forming a coalition. they got 1/3 of the vote
Wasn’t the right poised to take it all in a landslide only just… checks notes - yesterday?
Yes they were, and both the NFP and the Macronists collaborated to drop their own candidates strategically to beat the NR. Had either one of them not done that, the NR would have won. Had both of them not done that the NR would have had a majority.
i mean, they got the most votes. the only reason they didn’t win is cause all the other parties are forming a coalition. they got 1/3 of the vote