I asked this earlier and no one answered. Why is Corsica so rightwing?
lol it's corsica.
Muslim immigration maybe.
I was not under the impression that all that many Muslim immigrants move to Corsica...why would they (apart from sunny weather)? Its remote, economically depressed etc...
It's remote, economically depressed and there are communal tensions, at least in cities like Bastia. Ideal conditions for the far-right.
I actually think that the presidential elections in Corsica are much less influenced by local clientelism than the local and regional elections. It's still quite amusing to see people vote for two conflicting nationalisms, i.e. FN on the federal level and separatists on the local level, but actually there's some kind of logic behind it.
