Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò: "At least 200 candidates from both the left-wing alliance and President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist coalition pulled out of the contest...in order to unite behind those remaining contenders with the best chance of beating Le Pen’s nationalists" www.politico.eu/article/fren...

"At least 200 candidates from both the left-wing alliance and President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist coalition pulled out of the contest...in order to unite behind those remaining contenders with the best chance of beating Le Pen’s nationalists" www.politico.eu/article/fren...

French election: Rivals unite against Le Pen’s far rightwww.politico.eu Hundreds of candidates from Macron’s camp and the left-wing alliance withdraw in an effort to keep the National Rally out.

Well look at this.. politicians quitting a race in order to defeat the far right..

makes you think!

But that's when our spoiler candidates jump in to split the left vote, sponsored usually by an oligarch or billionaire.

Désistements mostly by the left

Pointing this out makes some folks in the replies here very upset.

200?? Wtf?

runoff isn't a stupider system than fptp from an outcome perspective, but it is from an EVERYTHING ELSE perspective

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