French Municipal elections - 2nd round 28 June 2020

[Mike88]

Turnout at noon: 18.38%, down 4.8 points compared to 2014.
If the trend continues it could be a 50% turnout.

Not bad, considering the current situation. We'll see. The next update will be at 17:00h, right?

[Mike88]

Turnout at noon: 18.38%, down 4.8 points compared to 2014.
If the trend continues it could be a 50% turnout.

Not bad, considering the current situation. We'll see. The next update will be at 17:00h, right?

Yes. I was expected a much lower turnout.
That's right, 5pm. We should have the first estimate by the pollsters for the final turnout a few moments after that.

Holding elections under these circumstances is a nonsense. How is it possible the French government is allowing this?

Apparently Macron wanted to postpone the elections but LR leaders (Lacher Leader of the Senate, Jacob LR Leader in the National Assembly, Baroin Head of the Association of Mayors) told him that if he do that they will say that it is like a coup.
And it is in the law that these elections take place in March. To change the date you had to change the law. It is hard to do that in just a few days, when Parliament is not in session and when the majority party in the Senate is opposed to the postponement of the elections.

And, curiously, there are a few areas where turnout is higher than in 2014, as at 12:00h:
https://twitter.com/mathieugallard/status/1239190573862522880