re: France does what it does best...surrenders

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I am not a fan of Macron but did anyone really think that LePen was actually going to win?

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I didn't think she'd win, but I didn't think Macron would get anywhere near 59% of the vote. I thought it would be 52-48 or something like that. The high number of abstentions from first-round voters really hurt Le Pen. I thought far more economic leftists would hold their nose and vote for Le Pen based on her economic platform, but it looks like a good chunk of the electorate just sat this round out.