UPDATE: What is happening in France today?
Left candidates who came in 3rd are dropping out of the runoffs to block the far-right.
*Many* Macronists, including incumbents, are doing the same when they came in third. But... many said they won't. (I'd say about half/half right now? Deadline tmrw.)
THE sentence of the day: A Macronist incumbent in the Marseille region came in 3rd in her seat. She just dropped out to support the left. She said, about why she's maneuvering to block the far-right:
"Defeats happen, but you can never recover from dishonor."
Macronists are pro democracy. Check the list of the triangulaires, and most of them have the third contestant crossed out, meaning they're dropping out to stop the extreme right.
Like I said, where does RN find its average 17% to get to 50%?
If Macronists who come in 3rd are willing to throw their support to the left to keep National Rally out of power, then yes we should give them credit for being pro-democracy. On the other hand, if they don't do this, we know they're not pro-democracy.
yes. there’s still 40 of them who haven’t dropped at the moment.
There’s also the question: why stay under a party banner when the President threw everyone under the bus including his people, and they got their ass kicked by voters.
