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******BREAKING******#Macron (EM-*) wins all oversea territories. (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth May 2017 OP
Probably not a bellwether but still good news! Cooley Hurd May 2017 #1
That the same as Americans abroad? retrowire May 2017 #2
Not quite - more like winning votes in Puerto Rico or American Samoa muriel_volestrangler May 2017 #3
Sanders was running in the general election? OilemFirchen May 2017 #5
No he won it in the primaries. Why would you think he made it to the general? nt retrowire May 2017 #6
Because this thread is about the French election? OilemFirchen May 2017 #7
Why would the French election imply that Bernie made it to the general? Nt retrowire May 2017 #8
You're the one who inexplicably brought Sanders into this conversation. OilemFirchen May 2017 #10
Just sharing my observation that nothing was guaranteed. Nt retrowire May 2017 #15
While it's likely, that Twitter account seems to have no source for this muriel_volestrangler May 2017 #4
People in territories voted against nationalism? IronLionZion May 2017 #9
Looks like he won the election overall, too - approximately 65% to 35%!!!! George II May 2017 #11
Excellent news...so glad the French citizens did the right thing unlike the US iluvtennis May 2017 #12
Vive la France! Vive la Resistance! Fuck tRump and Putin! BigmanPigman May 2017 #13
The French are obviously much smarter then US. nt elmac May 2017 #14

muriel_volestrangler

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3. Not quite - more like winning votes in Puerto Rico or American Samoa
Reply to retrowire (Reply #2)
Sun May 7, 2017, 12:45 PM
May 2017

The French equivalent territories get to vote in their presidential election.

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OilemFirchen

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10. You're the one who inexplicably brought Sanders into this conversation.
Reply to retrowire (Reply #8)
Sun May 7, 2017, 01:44 PM
May 2017

His winning a primary is obviously irrelevant to the discussion at hand. How did he do among overseas absentee ballots during the election?

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muriel_volestrangler

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4. While it's likely, that Twitter account seems to have no source for this
Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)
Sun May 7, 2017, 12:51 PM
May 2017

and I'd be very surprised if France's strict laws about election reporting allowed the announcement of results from overseas territories while polls are open in the mainland. No announcement like this from any news source, just this Twitter account.

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George II

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11. Looks like he won the election overall, too - approximately 65% to 35%!!!!
Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)
Sun May 7, 2017, 02:16 PM
May 2017


A precursor to our 2018 midterm elections, hopefully.
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