In France, Anne Hildalgo and Eva Joly were candidates with ambitious progressive, social, and ecological programs who had proven themselves in the past. One had managed the city of Paris as mayor, and the other had brought oil company executives and corrupt politicians to prison through her work as an investigating judge.
The polls gave them around 5% of the vote, and many people voted for Jean-Luc Mélenchon or François Hollande instead of these candidates in order to make a In France, Anne Hildalgo and Eva Joly were candidates with ambitious progressive, social, and ecological programs who had proven themselves in the past. One had managed the city of Paris as mayor, and the other had brought oil company executives and corrupt politicians to prison through her work as an investigating judge.
The polls gave them around 5% of the vote, and many people voted for Jean-Luc Mélenchon or François Hollande instead of these candidates in order to make a “useful vote”. The polls, starting with the primaries in their parties, caused these two candidates to lose many votes. It was out of fear that the right would win that Jean-Luc Mélenchon and François Hollande won the votes of many citizens, not because of any support for them personally. These candidates, who are favored in the polls, are campaigning by saying that if people don’t vote for them, the right will win. Jean-Luc Mélenchon and François Hollande are poor candidates because they put their own interests before those of the French people and are not willing to do much to improve the quality of life of the French, reduce inequality, or combat climate change. Their only merit is that they are less bad than the right. Citizens have been very disappointed by François Hollande, who has done very little, and by Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who is playing into Vladimir Putin’s hands and is violent within his own party.
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