[EM] French election

[Rob LeGrand]

Has anyone seen an analysis of the recent election for president of France? 
Apparently Chirac, the frontrunner, received less than 20 percent of the vote
in a field of sixteen candidates.  Le Pen, the second-placer, upset the
socialist Jospin; he'll face Chirac in the runoff.  I'm especially interested
in knowing who the likely sincere Condorcet winner was and who would have been
most likely to win an Approval election.  I imagine Le Pen would never have had
a chance in Approval since he polarizes the French electorate so much: his
second-place showing sparked mass protests in Paris.  Plurality is a great
system for extremists like him, although the Communists fared very poorly.

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Rob LeGrand
honky98 at aggies.org
http://www.aggies.org/honky98/

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