French Presidential Contenders 1848-2007 Survivor (FINISHED)

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A survivor with the participation of all candidates in the direct elections of the French President, including 1848, and from 1965 till 2007. The candidates are classified into wide and rough categories for the beginning.

Round ten and forward: Unique group

Alphonse de Lamartine (Liberal, 1848)
Alexandre Ledru-Rollin (Social democrat, 1848)
François-Vincent Raspail (Socialist, 1848)
Charles de Gaulle (UNR, 1965)
Marcel Barbu (DVG, 1965)
Michel Rocard (PSU, 1969)
Jacques Chaban-Delmas (UDR, 1974)
René Dumont (ecolo, 1974)

Right/Far-right

Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte (Bonapartist, 1848)
Nicolas Changarnier (Legitimist, 1848)
Charles de Gaulle (UNR, 1965)
Jean-Louis Tixier-Vignancour (EXD, 1965)
Pierre Marcilhacy (DVD, 1965)
Georges Pompidou (UDR, 1969)
Jacques Chaban-Delmas (UDR, 1974)
Jean Royer (DVD, 1974)
Jean-Marie Le Pen (FN, 1974, 1988, 1995, 2002, 2007)
Jacques Chirac (RPR, 1981, 1988, 1995, 2002)
Michel Debré (DVD, 1981)
Marie-France Garaud (DVD, 1981)
Édouard Balladur (DVD-UDF, 1995)
Philippe de Villiers (MPF, 1995, 2007)
Jean Saint-Josse (CPNT, 2002)
Alain Madelin (DL, 2002)
Bruno Mégret (MNR, 2002)
Christine Boutin (FRS, 2002)
Nicolas Sarkozy (UMP, 2007)
Frédéric Nihous (CPNT, 2007)
Alphonse de Lamartine (Liberal, 1848)

Left

Alexandre Ledru-Rollin (Social democrat, 1848)
François Mitterrand (FGDS/PS, 1965, 1974, 1981, 1988)
Marcel Barbu (DVG, 1965)
Jacques Duclos (PCF, 1969)
Gaston Defferre (SFIO, 1969)
Michel Rocard (PSU, 1969)
Louis Ducatel (Rad, 1969)
René Dumont (ecolo, 1974)
Bertrand Renouvin (Royalist, 1974)
Georges Marchais (PCF, 1981)
Michel Crépeau (Radical, 1981)
Huguette Bouchardeau (PSU, 1981)
André Lajoinie (PCF, 1988)
Lionel Jospin (PS, 1995, 2002)
Robert Hue (PCF, 1995, 2002)
Dominique Voynet (GRN, 1995, 2007)
Jean-Pierre Chevènement (MDC, 2002)
Noël Mamère (GRN, 2002)
Christiane Taubira (Radical, 2002)
Segolene Royal (PS, 2007)
Marie-George Buffet (PCF, 2007)
Arlette Laguiller (LO, 1974, 1981, 1988, 1995, 2002, 2007)
François-Vincent Raspail (Socialist, 1848)

Centre/Centre-right

Louis-Eugène Cavaignac (Republican, 1848)
Alphonse de Lamartine (Liberal, 1848) MOVED TO RIGHT GROUP
Jean Lecanuet (CD, 1965)
Alain Poher (CD, 1969)
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (RI-UDF, 1974, 1981)
Émile Muller (PSD, 1974)
Jean-Claude Sebag (Federalist, 1974)
Guy Héraud (Federalist, 1974)
Brice Lalonde (ecolo, 1981)
Raymond Barre (UDF, 1988)
Antoine Waechter (GRN, 1988)
François Bayrou (UDF, 2002, 2007)
Corinne Lepage (CAP21, 2002)

Far-left and others

François-Vincent Raspail (Socialist, 1848) MOVED TO LEFT GROUP
Alain Krivine (LCR, 1969, 1974)
Arlette Laguiller (LO, 1974, 1981, 1988, 1995, 2002, 2007)
Pierre Juquin (EXG, 1988)
Pierre Boussel (PT, 1988)
Jacques Cheminade (LaRouche, 1995)
Olivier Besancenot (LCR, 2002)
Daniel Gluckstein (PT, 2002)
José Bové (DVG, 2007)
Gérard Schivardi (PT, 2007)

Round five and on: two far-left finalists moved to LEFT group
Round six and on: centrist survivor moved to RIGHT group

Instructions: Vote to eliminate 2 names in each group.


Round one: Le Pen 6, Cheminade 5, Royal 5, Duclos 3, Tixier-Vignancour 3, Bayrou 4, Lepage 2, Schivardi 2, Debré 2, Hue 2, Cavaignac 2, Bové 2, Lepage 2, Buffet 1, Waechter 1, Gluckstein 1, Sebag 1, Mégret 1, Lecanuet 1, Besancenot 1 (Schivardi and Lepage picked out of a hat)
Round two: Mégret 5, Debré 2, de Villiers 2, Nihous 1, Madelin 1, Changarnier 1 (Debré has more votes before); Renouvin 4, Lajoinie 2, Taubira 2, Hue 2, Chevènement 1, Buffet 1 (Lajoinie eliminated by coin toss); Cavaignac 5, Sebag 3, Waechter 2, Héraud 1, Lecanuet 1; Boussel 4, Bové 3, Gluckstein 3 (Bové has more votes before), Besancenot 1, Krivine 1
Round three: de Villiers 4, Garaud 3, Royer 1, Nihous 1, Balladur 1, Madelin 1, LN Bonaparte 1; Buffet 3, Taubira 3, Hue 1, Chevènement 1, Crépeau 1, Ducatel 1, Defferre 1, Marchais 1; Héraud 4, Lecanuet 4, Waechter 1, Lalonde 1, Poher 1, VGE 1; Juquin 4, Gluckstein 3, Krivine 3, Besancenot 2 (Gluckstein has more votes before)
Round four: Changarnier 4, Madelin 2, Bonaparte 2, Boutin 1, Nihous 1 (Madelin has more votes before); Hue 3, Ducatel 3, Voynet 2, Crépeau 1, Chevènement 1; Poher 4, Waechter 3, Muller 2, Lalonde 1;  Besancenot 4, Krivine 3, Laguiller 3 (Krivine has more votes before)
Round five: Nihous 3, Sarkozy 3, Bonaparte 2, Royer 2, Saint-Josse 1, Marcilhacy 1; Laguiller 3, Chevènement 3, Mamère 2, Crépeau 2, Defferre 1, Voynet 1; Muller 4, Giscard 3 (more votes before), Barre 3, Lalonde 2
Round six: Balladur 3, Royer 3, Bonaparte 2, Saint-Josse 1, Boutin 1; Crépeau 3, Jospin 2, Raspail 2 (coin toss), Mamère 1, Bouchardeau 1, Defferre 1; Lalonde 4, Barre 3 (more votes before), Lamartine 3
Round seven: Boutin 4, Saint-Josse 3, Bonaparte 2, Chirac 1; Bouchardeau 4, Voynet 2, Raspail 1, Mamère 1, Defferre 1, Barbu 1
Round eight: Chirac 5, Marcilhacy 4, Pompidou 2, Bonaparte 1; Marchais 4, Mamère 2 (more votes before), Mitterrand 2, Barbu 2, Defferre 1, Raspail 1
Round nine: Pompidou 3, Bonaparte 2, Lamartine 2 Chaban 1 (more votes before); Mitterrand 3, Defferre 2, Raspail 1, Ledru-Rollin 1, Barbu 1

Round ten: Raspail 3, Barbu 2
Round eleven: Barbu 5
Round twelve: Ledru-Rollin 4, Chaban-Delmas 1
Round thirteen: Dumont 4, Lamartine 1
Round fourteen: Lamartine 3, de Gaulle 1, Chaban-Delmas 1
Round fifteen: Chaban-Delmas 3, de Gaulle 1
Round sixteen: Rocard 3, de Gaulle 2

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BUMP! Antonio, Benoit, Edu, Hans, Kalwejt!

right: Le Pen and Debré
left: Duclos and  Royal
centre: Bayrou and Lepage
exg: Cheminade and Bové

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Round one: Le Pen 6, Cheminade 5, Royal 5, Duclos 3, Tixier-Vignancour 3, Bayrou 4, Lepage 2, Schivardi 2, Debré 2, Hue 2, Cavaignac 2, Bové 2, Lepage 2, Buffet 1, Waechter 1, Gluckstein 1, Sebag 1, Mégret 1, Lecanuet 1, Besancenot 1 (Schivardi and Lepage picked out of a hat)

Sorries for the posters.


Round Two is open:

Vote to eliminate 2 names in each group.

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Debré and Mégret
Taubira and Renouvin
Waechter and Cavaignac
Bové and Boussel

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Mégret, Debré, Renouvin, Lajoinie, Cavaignac, Sebag, Boussel, Bové out.


Round Three is open:

Vote to eliminate 2 names in each group.

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Georges Marchais

Bad. Very bad. You deserve to be shot.

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Marchais was a funny man, not perfect, but funny. And at least he had principles. Unlike all other French politicians, he didn't stick around until the day before his death. He was not a cumulard. Also, eliminating Royer would be bad.

my vote:

Marie-France Garaud
Philippe de Villiers

Christiane Taubira
Jean-Pierre Chevènement

Guy Héraud
Jean Lecanuet

Olivier Besancenot
Pierre Juquin

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P2V, Garaud, Buffet, Taubira, Héraud, Lecanuet, Juquin, Gluckstein are out.


Round Four is open:

Vote to eliminate 2 names in each group (following this round, the 2 remaining FAR-LEFT will go into the LEFT group)

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Boutin
Changarnier

Chevènement
Voynet

Waechter
Muller

Besancenot
Krivine

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Changarnier, Madelin, Hue, Ducatel, Poher, Waechter, Besancenot and Krivine are out.


Round Five is open:

Vote to eliminate 2 names in each group. Remember, the 2 remaining FAR-LEFTISTS (Laguiller and Raspail) are now in the LEFT group, so there are 3 groups.

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Nicolas Sarkozy
Nihous (save Bonaparte!!)

Chevènement
Mamère

Émile Muller
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

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Nihous, Sarko, Laguiller, Chevènement, Muller and Giscard are out.


Round Six is open:

Vote to eliminate 2 names in each group. (following this round, the remaining CENTRIST will go into the RIGHT group)

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Hash, i'm counting just 2 votes for Bonaparte and 3 for Sarkozy, shouldn't he be the one out?

You're right.

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Balladur
Royer (if only to save Bonaparte)

Jospin
Raspail

Lalonde
Lamartine

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Balladur, Royer, Crépeau, Jospin, Lalonde and Barre are out.


Round seven is open:

Vote to eliminate 2 names in each group. Remember, the remaining CENTRIST (Lamartine) is now in the RIGHT group, so there are 2 groups.

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Boutin
Saint-Josse

Bouchardeau
Voynet

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Boutin, Saint-Josse, Bouchardeau and Voynet are out.


Round eight is open:

Vote to eliminate 2 names in each group.

Jacques Chirac
Pierre Marcilhacy

François Mitterrand
Noël Mamère

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Chirac, Marcilhacy, Marchais , Mamère are out.


Round nine is open:

Vote to eliminate 2 names in each group.

Georges Pompidou
Alphonse de Lamartine

François Mitterrand
Marcel Barbu

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Mitterrand, Defferre, Pompidou and Bonaparte are out.


Round ten is open:

Vote to eliminate one name from the new unique group:

Alphonse de Lamartine (Liberal, 1848)
Alexandre Ledru-Rollin (Social democrat, 1848)
François-Vincent Raspail (Socialist, 1848)
Charles de Gaulle (UNR, 1965)
Marcel Barbu (DVG, 1965)
Michel Rocard (PSU, 1969)
Jacques Chaban-Delmas (UDR, 1974)
René Dumont (ecolo, 1974)

Marcel Barbu

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Raspail is out.


Round eleven is open:

Vote to eliminate one name from the new unique group:

Alphonse de Lamartine (Liberal, 1848)
Alexandre Ledru-Rollin (Social democrat, 1848)
Charles de Gaulle (UNR, 1965)
Marcel Barbu (DVG, 1965)
Michel Rocard (PSU, 1969)
Jacques Chaban-Delmas (UDR, 1974)
René Dumont (ecolo, 1974)

Marcel Barbu

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Barbu is out.


Round eleven is open:

Vote to eliminate one name from the new unique group:

Alphonse de Lamartine (Liberal, 1848)
Alexandre Ledru-Rollin (Social democrat, 1848)
Charles de Gaulle (UNR, 1965)
Michel Rocard (PSU, 1969)
Jacques Chaban-Delmas (UDR, 1974)
René Dumont (ecolo, 1974)

Alexandre Ledru-Rollin

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Ledru-Rollin is out.


Round eleven is open:

Vote to eliminate one name from the new unique group:

Alphonse de Lamartine (Liberal, 1848)
Charles de Gaulle (UNR, 1965)
Michel Rocard (PSU, 1969)
Jacques Chaban-Delmas (UDR, 1974)
René Dumont (ecolo, 1974)

Alphonse de Lamartine (should've gone long ago)

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René Dumont is out.


Round fourteen is open:

Vote to eliminate one name from the new unique group:

Alphonse de Lamartine (Liberal, 1848)
Charles de Gaulle (UNR, 1965)
Michel Rocard (PSU, 1969)
Jacques Chaban-Delmas (UDR, 1974)

Alphonse de Lamartine (should've gone long ago)

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Lamartine is out.


Round fifteen is open:

Vote to eliminate one name from the new unique group:

Charles de Gaulle (UNR, 1965)
Michel Rocard (PSU, 1969)
Jacques Chaban-Delmas (UDR, 1974)

ugh.

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I vote Chaban as well... and he's out.


Round sixteen, the final, is open:

Vote to eliminate one name from the new unique group:

Charles de Gaulle (UNR, 1965)
Michel Rocard (PSU, 1969)

Michel Rocard