France 2012: Official Results Thread

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Shy Sarkozy effect will give this to the hero of the European Right.
















No, seriously, what's our over-under right now? ~52.5-53% Hollande?

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Where does Hollande stand on the immigration issue.  Is he for keeping things similar to now or for more immigration?  (I'm guessing he's not for less immigration per year).  Just curious in that he clearly won the vote of hundreds of thousands of MLP voters today, and since immigration is one key factor in the NF vote was wondering how he appealed to them.

All I really remember about this is that both candidates are ridiculously racist against the Roma (as most of the population of Europe seems to still be for some inexplicable reason).

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Where does Hollande stand on the immigration issue.  Is he for keeping things similar to now or for more immigration?  (I'm guessing he's not for less immigration per year).  Just curious in that he clearly won the vote of hundreds of thousands of MLP voters today, and since immigration is one key factor in the NF vote was wondering how he appealed to them.

All I really remember about this is that both candidates are ridiculously racist against

No, you will never find any racist word of attitude from Hollande.

I seem to recall Hollande trying to outdo Sarkozy on extravagant promises to evict Roma from such-and-such a place at least once. Am I misremembering? (I hope I am, because I otherwise quite like Hollande.)

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Pretty remarkable given how important the Catholic/Anti-Clerical divide was a primary electoral cleavage, isn't it?

Where exactly did this divide lie and when? I'm not terribly familiar with French demographics, beyond urban/rural and racial minorities.

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Thank you, Colbert.

I must say that your maps were a little hard to interpret, but they were very informative once I did so, so thank you very much.