French Municipal elections - 2nd round 28 June 2020

[CumbrianLefty]

Solid night for the PS/Greens/DVG candidates to be honest. Looks like all the big ones will be comfortably held; outperformed expectations in Paris; in with a serious shot at taking Bordeaux, Toulouse and Lyon; an outside shot at taking Marseille; held on to a few symbolic places like Lens quite comfortably. Also very pleasing to see Patrice Vergriete of free public transport fame getting 65% in Dunkerque. Seems absolutely dreadful for Les Républicains though, and LREM struggled as expected.

Very pleasing, that one. Hidalgo is ace

[CumbrianLefty]

No result?

See above, the first round results will still stand but won't be "completed" for a while.

[CumbrianLefty]

As per the new law just passed, if the runoff can't be held before the end of June, both rounds will be redone.

In other words, last Sunday 20 million people went out and exposed themselves to serious health risks to perform their civic duties for nothing. This government is a disgrace.

That is pretty shabby tbh.

[CumbrianLefty]

Yeah, at this point June 28th is the best choice we have. Having to redo the first round and wait months and months to elect all the mayors of major cities would be an absolute debacle.

Will the conditions then actually be any worse than when the first round went ahead anyway?

[CumbrianLefty]

Well, that is modestly encouraging on more than one level.

[CumbrianLefty]

Paris estimate:
Hidalgo 49.3%
Dati 32.7%
Buzyn 13.7%

My Queen Is Alive

Great news

[CumbrianLefty]

At the very least, we might see these results as room for cautious optimism that the French left has arrested its recent vertiginous decline - something that needed to happen before it can move forward.