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ArishMell · 70-79, M
@hippyjoe1955 Really? Or their good citizens voted in, those you did not want winning?
There is no evidence to mistrust the French electoral process at all; but we do know many voters wasted their votes by abstaining by staying away or spoiling the ballot slips - that does no election any good.
There is no evidence to mistrust the French electoral process at all; but we do know many voters wasted their votes by abstaining by staying away or spoiling the ballot slips - that does no election any good.
hippyjoe1955 · 70-79, M
@ArishMell Nothing to do with who I wanted to win. The fix was in. Do try to open your eyes to what is happening in real time.
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@hippyjoe1955 You are accusing a major European democracy foreign to both you and me, of rigging its election.
It is a very serious accusation, and one for which there is no evidence.
The French had basically three choices: the retiring President and one each from a hard-Left and hard-Right, wing parties. I don't know if there were any others. All three had their ardent supporters in a country with quite deep political divisions, but of the valid votes cast (ballot slips not spoilt deliberately by voters in abstention), Macron happened to gain the most.
Simple as that.
It is a very serious accusation, and one for which there is no evidence.
The French had basically three choices: the retiring President and one each from a hard-Left and hard-Right, wing parties. I don't know if there were any others. All three had their ardent supporters in a country with quite deep political divisions, but of the valid votes cast (ballot slips not spoilt deliberately by voters in abstention), Macron happened to gain the most.
Simple as that.
hippyjoe1955 · 70-79, M
@ArishMell Some worn out clown with a 38% approval rating got 58% of the votes. Yeah nothing to see here. France's elections are lily pure. Too Funny!
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@hippyjoe1955 Approval ratings are merely spot surveys that about as useful and accurate a measure as exit-polls. They keep the speculative journalists and pundits busy, but it's the election itself that matters, and since President Macron heads a government that is neither yours nor mine, our personal views about his character and ability are not relevant. Mere insults mean even less.
What does matter is his Government's foreign policies that may affect our countries' relationships with France.
I don't know what the left-wing bloke wanted France to do but we all know Marinne Le Pen is opposite to Macron in being isolationist, apparently pro-Kremlin, and largely anti-NATO and anti-EU; which are internationally important matters.
What does matter is his Government's foreign policies that may affect our countries' relationships with France.
I don't know what the left-wing bloke wanted France to do but we all know Marinne Le Pen is opposite to Macron in being isolationist, apparently pro-Kremlin, and largely anti-NATO and anti-EU; which are internationally important matters.