French Presidential Elections survivor - winner: 1974 !

[Antonio the Sixth]

2002, damn it !

[Hans-im-Glück]

2002

[Magic 8-Ball]

1988

[big bad fab]

I wait a bit for Hash.

BTW, don't forget he manages a fine blog on French electoral geography, including old maps on French plebiscites, for example:

http://www.freewebs.com/franceelgeo/

While voting here, do not hesitate to visit it !

[Antonio the Sixth]

BTW, don't forget he manages a fine blog on French electoral geography, including old maps on French plebiscites, for example:

http://www.freewebs.com/franceelgeo/

While voting here, do not hesitate to visit it !

Hey, didn't know this one. Seems interesting.

However, I know this one, which is great : http://welections.wordpress.com/

[big bad fab]

1848
1965
1969
1974
1981
1988
1995
2002
2007
2012

Results:
Round 1: 1848 6, 1969 5, 2012 3, 1988 0, 2002 0, 1995, -1, 2007 -2, 1981 -3, 1965 -4, 1974 -4
Round 2: 2012 8, 1969 6, 1988 2, 2002 2
Round 3: 1969 19, 1988 7, 2002 4, 2007 3, 1981 1, 1995 1, invalid vote (1848) 1
Round 4: 1988 3, 2002 2

Rules:
Each round will last for 24 hours+.
In each round, the election which has received the biggest total of points will be eliminated.
In case of a tie, the election which has received the biggest total of points in previous rounds will be eliminated.
In case of a new tie, the most recent election will be eliminated.

ROUND 5 IS OPEN !

In this round, you have 5 points, to cast 2-2-1.
We'll eliminate the election which will have received the biggest total of points.

[big bad fab]

Hash has forgotten to vote... I should have PMed him.
But I don't think the result would have been different.

Now, it's really difficult for me, as every election has an interesting side.

2 to 1981
(yep, a BIG 2nd round, yep, many "revolutionary" votes: communists for Giscard, gaullists for Mitterrand; but there wasn't a very big suspense after the end of February... and, well, we have to pick one !)

2 to 2002
(well, this rule is bad for me, as I really want 2002 to last a bit longer... but, apart from Le Pen surprise, this election wasn't great)

1 to 1965
(of course, this is History, but suspense wasn't so big, even though de Gaulle was really disappointed after the 1st round, for some hours, and considered dropping !!)

(I've hesitated between 1965 and 2007, but it was so fantastic to live... PS primaries, Bayrou's rise, Royal's stupidity, Sarkozy's machine and periodical problems, "americanization", dramas between the 2 rounds, Royal-Sarkozy debate...)

[Antonio the Sixth]

1988 ousted so early...

2 to 2002
2 to 2007
1 to 1995

[Antonio the Sixth]

And well, I don't think it's hackery if I say that 1981 deserves to be the survivor. Besides the fact there was a lot of suspense and emotion (though less than in 1974), the alternance was a decisive step for the 5th Republic, and still structures a great part of the current political life.

[Hash]

2 for 1995
2 for 2002
1 for 1981

ftr, I don't update my French maps thingee website anymore.

[Hans-im-Glück]

1988 ousted so early...

2 to 2002
2 to 2007
1 to 1995

[Edu]

2 for 2007
2 for 1995
1 for 1965

[Magic 8-Ball]

2 for 2002
2 for 1965
1 for 1965

[big bad fab]

Magic, 2 to 1995 I suppose and 1 to 1965 ?

[Magic 8-Ball]

Magic, 2 to 1995 I suppose and 1 to 1965 ?

Yeah, 1995.  Sorry about that.

[big bad fab]

1848
1965
1969
1974
1981
1988
1995
2002
2007
2012

Results:
Round 1: 1848 6, 1969 5, 2012 3, 1988 0, 2002 0, 1995, -1, 2007 -2, 1981 -3, 1965 -4, 1974 -4
Round 2: 2012 8, 1969 6, 1988 2, 2002 2
Round 3: 1969 19, 1988 7, 2002 4, 2007 3, 1981 1, 1995 1, invalid vote (1848) 1
Round 4: 1988 3, 2002 2
Round 5: 2002 10, 1995 8, 2007 6, 1965 3, 1981 3

Rules:
Each round will last for 24 hours+.
In each round, the election which has received the biggest total of points will be eliminated.
In case of a tie, the election which has received the biggest total of points in previous rounds will be eliminated.
In case of a new tie, the most recent election will be eliminated.

ROUND 6 IS OPEN !

In this round, you vote to eliminate 1 election and to keep 1 election.
We'll eliminate the election which will have received the biggest total of points.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Eliminate 2007
Keep 1981

[Magic 8-Ball]

Eliminate 1965
Keep 2007

[big bad fab]

Eliminate 1981
Keep 1965

[Hans-im-Glück]

Eliminate 2007
Keep 1981

[Edu]

Eliminate 2007
Keep 1981

[big bad fab]

It seems as if 2007 is doomed
That's quite deserved, I must acknowledge. But, as I lived it "vividly" and as it was our first "American" campaign, I didn't want it to go early.
The problem is every single one election which remains is interesting in a way...

Let's wait for Hash's vote.
He deserves it. I give a priority to French guys here, as Edu had one in the Argentine presidents survivor.

[Hash]

eliminate 1981
keep 2007

2007 was the election which got me into politics.

[big bad fab]

1848
1965
1969
1974
1981
1988
1995
2002
2007
2012

Results:
Round 1: 1848 6, 1969 5, 2012 3, 1988 0, 2002 0, 1995, -1, 2007 -2, 1981 -3, 1965 -4, 1974 -4
Round 2: 2012 8, 1969 6, 1988 2, 2002 2
Round 3: 1969 19, 1988 7, 2002 4, 2007 3, 1981 1, 1995 1, invalid vote (1848) 1
Round 4: 1988 3, 2002 2
Round 5: 2002 10, 1995 8, 2007 6, 1965 3, 1981 3
Round 6: 2007 1, 1965 0, 1981 -1

Rules:
Each round will last for 24 hours+.
In each round, the election which has received the biggest total of points will be eliminated.
In case of a tie, the election which has received the biggest total of points in previous rounds will be eliminated.
In case of a new tie, the most recent election will be eliminated.

ROUND 7 IS OPEN !

In this round, you split your vote and vote to eliminate 2 elections.
We'll eliminate the election which will have received the biggest total of points.

[big bad fab]

2007... What a campaign...
Daily polls, my friends, daily polls, for the first time ever in France !!!
How is it possible not to be nostalgic of such an election !

Anyway, a bad rule for this round:

1981
1995

Just because 1974 and 1965 are more interesting:
1974 was the most suspenseful and
1965 was the first really universal one and with de Gaulle almost dropping after the first round, plus media-prone Lecanuet and the resurrection of Mitterrand, who understood the Fifth Republic logic.