Everyone was freaking out when the National Front did well in the first round of regional elections. But anyone who knows the French electoral system knows that's irrelevant. It's a two-phase election, with the first round being olly-olly-oxen-free and then the top two run off against each other.
It's a great system frankly.
Today, the French population rallied around whomever the person running against the National Front. Instead, French voters flooded the polls and handed the FN a resounding defeat.
Just as there are Trump voters in the US, there are Le Pen voters in France. But there aren't enough of them.
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