I'm a bit late to the party but YAY what a relief !

 

 

The final countdown was so stressful :lol: Big moment of History for France and Europe, hopefully he does a great job of it.

 

 

 

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Edited May 8, 20178 yr by Hayzayy

Crazy to think how a third of people who voted support Le Pen.

 

I don't think it's that surprising given France's current situation. Especially for those who were essentially "forgotten" under the previous government in the more rural parts of France (with high unemployment rates, particuarly among young people). Why would they vote for Macron who was a part of the previous government?

 

The next 5 years will be interesting. If there's no significant change under Macron, Le Pen may be able to amass enough support to make a significant challenge for presidency. She has 5 more years to try de-demonise the FN further. Hopefully things will improve in France so that won't happen though!

An interesting stat to come out of the election is that according to The Independent, whilst only 20% of over 65s voted for Le Pen, among the 18-24s the figure was closer to half, as 44%, which is almost the polar opposite as in the UK's EU referendum, where the younger generation were more in favour of the EU. It will be interesting, and slightly scary, to see what happens in France as the older generations leave the mortal coil, and a more right-leaning electorate start to come through. Also interesting to note that women were more likely to vote for Le Pen than Macron.

An interesting stat to come out of the election is that according to The Independent, whilst only 20% of over 65s voted for Le Pen, among the 18-24s the figure was closer to half, as 44%, which is almost the polar opposite as in the UK's EU referendum, where the younger generation were more in favour of the EU. It will be interesting, and slightly scary, to see what happens in France as the older generations leave the mortal coil, and a more right-leaning electorate start to come through. Also interesting to note that women were more likely to vote for Le Pen than Macron.

 

France's unemployment rate for young people is at 23.7% compared to the national average of 10%. It rose to a record high of 25.6% under the previous government, who failed to address it. The UK is at 11.9% (4.7% national average) and Germany at 6.7% (3.9% national average). That's likely one of the reasons a large proportion of young people voted for Le Pen.

I would agree that. Probably the same forces that drive the split in the U.K in the youth demographic at the moment with C2DE being most impacted and vulnerable to the rhetoric of the far right as it gives them someone other than themselves or their government to blame for their woes.

 

It'd be interesting to see that split further divided by social status/ABC1C2DE