some positive news: the prospects of defeating Le Pen in France in the runoff look much higher than they did after the first round, as third place finishers actually dropped out in most competitive districts
As a french citizen, it feels so weird reading about home politics from abroad: it's the biggest tell about how fucked we are... Everyone around me is exhausted
My understanding from relatives there is that this is a pretty common and expected thing to happen there - right does well in round 1, but not after that.
I was in France for work 20 years ago and heard then about the previous time Front National did so well in the first round
Voter apathy was at a high for that round
Absolute low for the second, because no one wanted Jean-Marie Le Pen
Seems to be a pattern