New Popular Front predicted to get 172-192 seats, with Marine Le Pen’s far-right RN and allies down in third
  • Supervisor194@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1001·
    4 months ago

    Wasn’t the right poised to take it all in a landslide only just… checks notes - yesterday?

    • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.caEnglish
      67·
      4 months ago

      Yes they were, and both the NFP and the Macronists collaborated to drop their own candidates strategically to beat the NR. Had either one of them not done that, the NR would have won. Had both of them not done that the NR would have had a majority.

    • dcat@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      4 months ago

      i mean, they got the most votes. the only reason they didn’t win is cause all the other parties are forming a coalition. they got 1/3 of the vote