Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Steve, perhaps it wasn't a protest vote. Maybe the people are tired of the way France has drifted. Immigration has been a source of frustration in France for a good while and perhaps Le Pen caught a note. Allan On Tuesday, April 30, 2002, at 05:40 PM, Steve Unsworth wrote: > Everyone I've spoken to has been appalled by what has happened. There is > another election for the parliamentary deputies in a few weeks time - I > think voting patterns will be a little different. > > The French have a habit of using the first round as a protest and then > voting for the 'real' candidate in the second round. As you say it > backfired this time. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html