Conservative Wins In France?

Collarspace Discussion Forums

Home Login Search

Conservative Wins In France?

View related threads: (in this forum | in all forums)

Logged in as: Guest

All Forums >> [Casual Banter] >> Off the Grid >> Conservative Wins In France?

Page: [1]

Message

<< Older Topic Newer Topic >>

Conservative Wins In France? - 5/6/2007 10:18:17 AM

Sanity

Posts: 22039
Joined: 6/14/2006
From: Nampa, Idaho USA
Status: offline

Sarkozy seen winning French election: Belgian media

Conservative favorite Nicolas Sarkozy is on course to win France's presidential election run-off on Sunday with between 53 and 54 percent of the vote, Belgian media reported.

The RTBF public broadcasting station and the newspapers Le Soir and La Libre Belgique reported on their Web sites that unofficial estimates showed Sarkozy beating Socialist Segolene Royal comfortably.

French law bans the publication of any exit polls or projections in France until after the last polling stations close in big cities at 8 p.m. (1800 GMT).

La Libre Belgique daily and RTBF quoted several sources as saying Sarkozy was leading with 53 percent more than two hours before the balloting ends in the main urban centers.

Le Soir, quoting sources close to the French Interior Ministry's political intelligence service (Renseignements Generaux) said Sarkozy had about 54 percent of the vote.

Turnout was 75.1 percent at 5 p.m. (1500 GMT), the Interior Ministry said, even higher than in the first round two weeks ago, when Sarkozy and Royal beat 10 other candidates.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070506/ts_nm/france_election_belgium_dc_3&printer=1;_ylt=Ai9DVanx8g7n1_7WZL8z_pJg.3QA

Profile

Post #: 1

RE: Conservative Wins In France? - 5/6/2007 10:27:10 AM

meatcleaver

Posts: 9030
Joined: 3/13/2006
Status: offline

If Sarkozy has 54% of the vote then I want to know how France's elections can be so perfectly predicted by the polls but polls in other countires always seem to be a few percent out.

Other than that barring a miracle everyone knew Sarkozy would win.

_____________________________

There are fascists who consider themselves humanitarians, like cannibals on a health kick, eating only vegetarians.

(in reply to Sanity)

Profile

Post #: 2