Taniel: SURGE in turnout in France so far. Turnout at 5pm is 59% of registered voters (orange line). That's already higher than the *overall* turnout in the 2012, 2017, and 2022 elections. (Note: polls projected this; not necessarily indicative of a surprise in overall vote share.)

SURGE in turnout in France so far. Turnout at 5pm is 59% of registered voters (orange line). That's already higher than the *overall* turnout in the 2012, 2017, and 2022 elections. (Note: polls projected this; not necessarily indicative of a surprise in overall vote share.)

So, this is good for democracy, of course. Also, concretely, what this means is that there'll be a TON of districts that'll end up with 3-way runoffs rather than 2-ways (because that's index to runoffs). That makes it trickier to beat far-right... unless candidates drop out.

As Obama showed, surging turnout is not a long-term solution without delivering on policy.

Whaaaaaat - voting on a WEEKEND? When people actually have time to themselves??? It's almost as if the goal is to maximize voter turnout, for cryin' out loud!!!

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